Γλάνος, Hyæna striata, 204. Γλαῦκος, a fish of a grey colour, Gobius Gozo, _Strack_, 44; marine, 211; it lives in holes during the summer, 214; when good for food, 228. Γλαυκώδεις, birds of the owl kind, 36. Γλαῦξ, owl, 39, 45; has crooked claws, 201; how it may be taken, 210; lives in holes, 215; hostile to the crow and orchilus, 232; is pecked by smaller birds, used in hawking, _ib._; the time for taking the owl, 252. Γλωττὶς, a bird, Rallus crex, _Strack_, Scolopax glottis, see κύγχραμος and ὀρτυγόμητρα its tongue and migrations, 210. Γνάφαλος, probably some Indian bird, its form and food, Ampelis garrulus, 246. Γνήσιοι ἀετοὶ, true eagles, Aquila Chrysaetos, 251. Γόγγρος, conger, Muræna conger, 8, 37, 38, 40, 41, 61; its ova and fat, 160; it is destroyed by the spiny lobster, but destroys the polypus, 198; its food, 199; black and white kinds, 211; lives in holes, 213; it is attacked by the muræna, 235; compared with the sea serpent, 255. Γραῦς, a crustacean, Dromia lanosa, 217. Γυπαίετος, or ὑπαίετος, Vultur barbatus, see ὀρειπέλαργος, 251. Γυρῖνος, tadpole, 154. Γύψ, vulture, Vultur cinereus, or V. fulvus, eggs and nest, 145, 243; its food, two kinds of vulture, 201. Δ Δάσκιλλος, a fish, sciæna umbra, 199. Δασύπους, hare, Lepus timidus, and L. cuniculus, 5, 29, 49, 58, 64, 71; coition, 102; superfetation, 108; reproduction, 176, 186; in Ithaca, 225; smaller in Egypt, 226; another species near Lake Bolba, 41. Δελφὶς, dolphin, Delphinus delphis, 7, 13, 29, 37, 40, 46, 47, 59, 69, 91, 92, 93, 95; its sleep, 98; the fish called φθείρα follows the dolphin, 135; reproduction, 104, 152; it breathes air, 196; food, 200; throws itself on its back to take its prey, _ib._; dolphin in the Pontus, 212; gentle habits, 274; its speed, it sometimes throws itself on the shore, 275. Δίκταμνον, plant, dittany, 238; origanum Dictammum, _Lin._ Δορκὰς, Antelope dorcas, 26. Δράκων, a sea fish, Trachinus draco, lives near the shore, 211. Δράκων, a species of serpent in fresh water, attacks the glanis, 219; is hostile to the eagle, 231; sucks the juice of the herb picris, 238. Δρεπανὶς, perhaps the sand Martin, Hirundo riparia, 4. Δρομάδες, migratory fish, perhaps some species of tunny, 4, 155. Δρυοκολάπτης, woodpecker, 202; three kinds, Picus varius, P. viridis, P. martius, 242; habits, _ib._ Ε Ἐγκρασίχολος, the parent of the Apua, Clupea encrasicolus, _Strack_, 157. Ἔγχελυς, eel, Muræna anguilla, 8, 37, 40, 41, 61, 66, 93; is neither male nor female, 99; the so-called male and female are different species, 97; migrates to the sea to spawn, 156; its origin, 158; description and habits, 200, 201; those called female are better for food, 229. Ἐλαίας ἄνθος, the flower of the olive, 127, 133, 216, 242.