Ἀκαλήφη, Medusa, and probably also some species of Actinia, 2, 3; fixed and locomotive kinds, 87, 88; small and edible species, others large and hard, 88; a fleshy kind, 195; a large kind, its food, mouth, and anus, 198. Ἀκανθίας, a kind of shark, Squalus Acanthias, _Strack_, 256. Ἀκανθὶς, thistle finch or gold finch, Fringilla carduelis, or Fringilla cannabina, _Strack_, or F. spinus, brown linnet, 202; hates the ass, lives on worms, 233; a foe to the anthus and ægithus, 234; its food, colour, song, 247. Ἀκανθυλλὶς, Parus pendulinus, or caudatus, _Strack_, 202; its nest, 245. Ἄκαρι, mite, Dermestes fatidicus, or perhaps Bostrichus, _Strack_, 135. Ἀκρὶς, locust, Tetigonia, _Strack_. Acridium, 89, 95; its birth, 123; reproduction, 132; changes its skin, 216; it is said to contend with serpents, 238; the Spex lacerticida corresponds with this description, _Schneider_. Ἀκύλος, the acorn of the evergreen oak, used for fattening pigs, 206. Ἀλεκτορὶς, the domestic hen, Phasianus gallus, different kinds, 111, 138; sometimes produces soft eggs, 139; chickens, 140, 141; barren eggs, and times of laying, _ib._; growth of the chick in the egg, 142; twin eggs, 144; the hen sometimes takes the form of the cock, 215; rolls in the dust, 277. Ἀλεκτρυὼν, domestic fowl, male, also used of the class, 5; his comb, 36; crop, 45; appendages to intestines, _ib._; crowing, 96; manner of coition, 102; appearances like ova when cut open, 139; testicles, 148; habits in temples, 241; sometimes they assume the form and habits of hens, 275; method of castration, 277. Ἁλιαίετος, sea-eagle, different from the osprey, perhaps Aquila albicilla or Falco haliœtus, 203, 251, 253. Ἀλκυὼν, Alcedo, kingfisher, or perhaps Turdus arundinaceus, reproduction, 107, 108; two species described, 203; materials and form of its nest, 246. It is doubtful whether either of the species is our kingfisher. _Schneider._ Ἁλοσάχη, probably a species of Zoophyte Alcyonia, 246. Ἀλώπηξ, fox, Canis vulpes, 6, 29; it breeds with the Laconian dogs, 227; attacks the heron, 233; is friendly with the crow, _ib._; a troglodyte, _ib._ Ἀλώπηξ, Vampire, Vespertilio caninus, _Strack_, V. dinops or Sciurus volans, 9; reproduction, 177; it hunts mice, 178. Ἀλώπηξ, a cartilaginous fish, reproduction, 149; represents a class, 151; Egyptian species, 226; stratagems, 255. Ἀμία, a kind of tunny, mackerel, Scomber, _Strack_, 4, 40, 91; its rapid growth, 160, 199, 200; lives in bays, 211; and enters rivers, 218; its teeth and mode of defence, 255. Ἀμυγδαλή, Amygdala communis, almond tree, 268; almonds, 242. Ἀνθίας, a migratory sea fish, also called αὐλωπίας, Scomber ala longa, 159; gregarious, 234; also called sacred, 255.