Ἀηδῶν, nightingale, Sylvia luscinia, its song, 95, 96; reproduction, 108; its tongue, 246; changes its song and colour, 276. Ἀθερίνη, Atherina presbyter, _Spratt's Lycia_, or A. vera, in modern Greek atherno, 159; its reproduction, 160, 234. Αἰγίθαλος, Parus, Tit or Titmouse, eats worms, 202; three species, _ib._; lays many eggs, 246; an enemy to bees, 265; σπιξίτης, parus major, _Strack_. ὀρεινὸς, Parus ater, _Strack_, or P. caudatus. ἐλάχιστος, Parus cœruleus. Αἴγιθος, Bunting, Emberiza, _Strack_, or hedge sparrow or Parus cœruleus, dislikes the ass, builds in hedges, 232; hostile to the anthus and acanthis, 233; its food and young, 246. Αἰγοθήλας, goat sucker, Caprimulgus Europæus, 250. Αἰγοκέφαλος, Stryx otus, _Strack_, 39. Αἰγυπιὸς, the Vulture, it is hostile to the Æsalon (small hawk), 9, 23; and fights with the eagle, _ib._ Αἴγυπτος, Egypt, the Egyptians batch eggs in manure, 139; two kinds of Egyptian mice, one with stiff hair (Hierax, or Aulacodus Swinderianus), another with long hind legs (Jerboa, or Cavia), 178; the care of animals among the Egyptians, 231; a large kind of oxen in Egypt, 226; asp and ichneumon, 238; white and black ibis, 242. Αἰγώλιος, a night bird of prey, Stryx passerina, _Strack_, or S. flammea. _Camus._ La chouette, little owl, 201; kills the calaris, 232; its habit and mode of life, 247; in p. 139 this bird is called αἰτώλιος. Αἰετὸς, a cartilaginous fish, one of the class selache, Raia aquila, 104. Αἰθιοπία, Æthiopia, winged serpents in Æthiopia, probably Draco volans, 9; Æthiopian sheep, 165. Αἰθίοψ, Æthiopian, teeth, 60; semen, 72, 188. Αἴθυια, a large waterbird, Larus parasiticus, or L. Marinus, _Strack_, or L. argentatus, 2; its reproduction, 108; food, 203. Αἴλουρος, cat, Felis cattus, copulation, 103; its young, food, and mode of life, 177; kills birds, 239. Αἱμοῤῥοΐς, or ἀποῤῥαΐς, a kind of shell fish, perhaps Murex, 85, 86. Αἴξ, goat, male and female, Ibex or wild goat, _Spratt's Lycia_, Caper hircus, _Strack_, 13, 27, 28, 31, 66; the she goats of Œta, 70; the he goat in Lemnos, _ib._; it is mentioned with the chimæra or domestic goat in 71; dreams, 97; infested with ticks, 134; discharges of the female, 163, 164; gestation, 165; food, drink, &c., 207; the wild goat, 225; Syrian Caper hircus Mambricus and Lycian goat, C. Angorensis, _ib._; Egyptian, 226; its mode of life, 235; wild goats in Crete, 238; rumination, 278. Αἴξ, a water bird, probably Tantalus arquatus, _Strack_, Scolopax Gallinago, 208. Αἰσάλων, a small hawk, perhaps sparrow-hawk or merlin, Falco Æsalon, 253. Αἰτώλιος, see Αἰγώλιος.