Ἴβις, Tantalus Ibis, _Strack_, two species, white, Tantalus sacer, and black, T. falcinellus, 249. Ἱέραξ, hawk, 9, 39, 40; incubation, 146; like the cuckoo, 146, 147; the young good to eat, 147; a kind which builds in rocks, _ib._; three species, 201; enumeration of species, 253; the Egyptian hawk, 226; its nest, 243; does not eat the heart of birds, _ib._ Ἱέρας or ἱέρος, a kind of serpent, 228. Ἰκτῖνος, kite, Falco milvius, 39, 40; incubation, 146; food, 201; drink, 203; migration, 215; a foe to the raven, 232. Ἴκτις, weasel or ferret, Mustela furo, 29; habits, 239. Ἰλλὰς, a kind of thrush, gregarious, Turdus iliaceus, _Strack_, 248; this identification is very doubtful, _Schneider_. Ἰξόβορος, a kind of thrush, Turdus viscivorus, _Strack_, 248. Ἰξὸς, miseltoe, 248. Ἵννος, hinnus, the offspring of a horse and she ass, 163. Ἰουλὶς, a red fish, Labrus Iulis, _Strack_, 234. Ἴουλος, Iulus, scolopendra, centipede, 73. Ἱππάρδιον, giraffe, Giraffa cameleopardalis, 26. Ἱππέλαφος, perhaps the Nilghau, Antilope picta, 26. Ἱππεὺς, a crustacean, Ocyopode cursor, 77. Ἱππομύρμηξ, a large kind of ant, Formica Herculanea, 225. Ἵππος, horse, Equus Caballus, 13, 26, 27, 29, 39, 62, 66, 69, 70; dreams, 97; neighing, 112; reproduction, age, life, 113, 161, 169; food and drink, 205, 207; small horses in the country of the Pygmies, 209; diseases, 219, 222, 223; story of a Scythian horse, 274. Ἵππος ὁ ποτάμιος, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius, 32, 196; in Egypt, 32. Ἵππουρος, fish, Coryphæna hippurus, 109; hides in holes, 213. Ἰτέα, willow, 155. Ἴϋγξ, wryneck, Jynx torquilla, 35. Ἰχνεύμων, Ichneumon, Viverra Ichneumon, 177; attacks the asp in Egypt, 238. Ἰχνεύμων, Ichneumon (insect) Sphex, hunts spiders, 124, 232. Κ Κάλαμος, reed, Acorus calamus, and perhaps also some of the larger grasses, 122, 155; its flower, 127; used to support vine, 133, 155, 216; flourishes in rainy weather, 217. Κάλαρις or κόλαρις, a bird preyed on by the little owl. Motacilla alba L., _Schneider_, 232. Fringilla petronia. Καλίδρις, Tringa, Sandpiper, Scolopax calidris, 203. Καλλιώνυμος, fish, Uranoscopus, _Strack_, U. Scaber, 40; lives near the shore. Καλλύντρον, a shrub from the flowers of which the bees are said to procure their young, 127; perhaps Cerinthe, L., _Strack_, honeysuckle. Κάμηλος, Camel, Camelus Bactrianus and C. Dromedarius, 25, 27, 29, 30, 70; reproduction, 103, 114, 161, 173; endurance of thirst, 207; life, _ib._; diseases, 222; purity, 274; castration of females, 278. Κάμπη, caterpillar, 124. Κανθαρὶς, several kinds of beetles, 88; a kind of fly, 106; origin, 126. Κάνθαρος, beetle, Scarabæus pilularius, _Schneider_, Cantharis lytta, 9; origin, 125; changes its skin, 216.