Chap. 95.] 
ANTIPATHIES OF ANIMALS. 
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variance, and the raven and the chloreus^^ seek each other's 
eggs by night- In a similar manner, also, the raven and the 
kite are perpetually at war with one another, the one carry- 
ing off the other's food. So, too, there are antipathies between 
the crow and the owl, the eagle and the trochilus ; — between 
the last two, if we are to believe the story, because the latter 
has received the title of the king of the birds:'' the same, 
again, with the owlet and all the smaller birds. 
Again, in relation to the terrestrial animals, the weasel is at 
enmity with the crow, the turtle-dove with the pyrallis,^^ the 
ichneumon with the wasp, and the phalangium with other 
spiders. Among aquatic animals, there is enmity between the 
duck and the sea-mew, the falcon known as the " harpe,'' and 
the hawk called the triorchis." In a similar manner, too, the 
shrew-mouse and the heron are ever on the watch for each 
other's young ; and the segithus,^^ so small a bird as it is, has 
an antipathy to the ass ; for the latter, when scratching itself, 
rubs its body against the brambles, and so crushes the bird's 
nest ; a thing of which it stands in such dread, that if it only 
hears the voice of the ass when it brays, it will throw its eggs 
out of the nest, and the young ones themselves will sometimes 
fall to the ground in their fright ; hence it is that it will, fly at 
the ass, and peck at its sores with its beak. The fox, too, is at 
war with the nisus,^^ and serpents with weasels and swine, 
^salon^^ is the name given to a small bird that breaks the eggs 
of the raven, and the young of which are anxiously sought by 
the fox ; while in its turn it will peck at the young of the fox, 
and even the pafent itself. As soon as the ravens espy this, 
they come to its assistance, as though against a common enemy. 
The acanthis, too, lives among the brambles ; hence it is that 
it also has an antipathy to the ass, because it devours the 
bramble blossoms. The segithus and the anthus,^^ too, are at 
such mortal enmity with each other, that it is the common 
belief that their blood will not mingle ; and it is for this reason 
that they have the bad repute of being employed in many magi- 
5^ Probably the chlorion of c. 45. 
6^ Supposed to be the golden-crested wren. 
6^ An insect. See B, xi. c. 42, if, indeed, this is the same that is there 
mentioned, which is somewhat doubtful. 
62 It is not known what bird is meant : perhaps the titmouse. 
6^ A kind of hawk or falcon. 64 Species unknown. 
65 Probably the spring wag-tail. 
