Ἀτταγὴν, grouse, Tetrao bonasia, or T. attagen, 249; it lives on the ground, 276. Ἀττέλαβος, a kind of locust, Gryllus, 123; reproduction and death, 133. Αὐλωπίας, the same as ἀνθίας, 159. Αὐξὶς, the young tunny, 160. Ἀφάκη, plant, a kind of vetch, 208. Ἄφρος, fish spawn, 157. Ἀφύη, anchovy or sardine, Melanurus juvenculus, 157, its origin, _ib._; other kinds, _ib._; in modern Greek ἀφροψαρο. Ἀχαΐνης ἔλαφος, a variety of large stag with a strong mane, _Strack_; a brocket, or two-year old stag, from his single-pointed horns, _Liddell and Scott_, 39, 237. Ἀχάρνας, a sea fish, Anarrhicas rufus, 200; does not bear heat, 218. Ἀχέτας, the male grasshopper, Cicada Orni, 89. Ἀχρὰς, a kind of wild pear, Pyrus communis, 206, 268. Β Βάλαγρος, a fresh-water fish, Cobitis barbus, 98. Βάλανος, Balanus, Cirripede, acorn shell, 94, 117. Βάλανος, acorn, 221. Βάλλερος, a fresh-water fish, Cyprinus blicca, 156, 219; βάλερος, βαλῖνος, βαρῖνος, are various readings. Βασιλεὺς, also called trochilus, and presbys, lives in holes, 244; has a bright crest, 202; probably Regulus Cristatus, golden-crested wren, or Sylvia troglodytes. Βατὶς, a bird that frequents bushes, Sylvia rubicola, eats worms, 202; mentioned with finch and sparrow. Βατὶς, a fish, the prickly roach, _Liddell and Scott_, 149, 152. Βάτος, ray, Raia batos, not the skate, which is perhaps leiobatos, 8, 37; its manner of coition, 104; it does not receive its young into itself, 150, 151; it lives in holes, 214; its manner of taking its prey, 255. Βάτραχος, frog, Rana esculenta and R. temporaria, 3, 39, 87; croaks, 96; the female larger than the male, 100; coition, 103; tadpole, 154; its united spawn, 155; spoken of as a class, 196; no croaking frogs in Cyrene, 225; marsh frogs are foes to bees, 261. Βάτραχος, a cartilaginous fish, Lophius piscatorius and L. barbatus, 8, 37, 38, 40; among the selache, 104; oviparous, 148, 150; it produces many young, 159. Βελόνη, fish, Syngnathus acus, 40; its reproduction, 109, 154, 160; gregarious, 234; the Halcyon builds its nest with the bones of this fish. Βολίταινα, cephalopod, Eledone moschites, _Leach_, 76; also called ὄζολις; it does not exist in the Euripus, 256. Βομβύκια, Apis cementaria, or also Megachile muraria, and Bombus terrestris, forms an angular cell of mud, 131. Βομβυλιὸς, larva of silk worm, 124; the humble bee, 260, 271. Βόμβυξ, silkworm. Βόνασσος, Antelope bonassus, or Bos Urus, Bison, 26, 28; its country, form, habits, hunting, 273. Βοσκὰς, Anas boscas, or A. Crecca, 203. Βόστρυχος, insect, Lampyris noctiluca, _Strack_, 125. Βουβαλὶς, Antilope Gnou, 58.