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Aristotle's History of Animals: In Ten Books
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Zoology -- Pre-Linnaean works
Κῆτος, whale, as a class, 10, 39;
whales, 69;
other whales, 152.
Κητώδη, Cetacea, 7, 13, 104, 196;
turn on their back to seize their prey, 200.
Κηφὴν, drone, 260.
Κίγκλος, probably Tringa Cinclus, Linn. Dunlin, 244.
Cinclus aquaticus.
Κίθαρος, a kind of turbot, Trigla lyra, 44.
Κιννάμωμον, a spice, cinnamon, 245.
Κιννάμωμον ὄρνεον, cinnamon bird, 245;
Herodotus, Book 3, c. 111.
Κίρκος, perhaps Falco nisus, _Liddell and Scott_, 232, 253.
Falco pygargus.
Κισσὸς, Ivy. Hedera Helix, 130.
Κίττα or Κίσσα, Jay, Corvus glandarius, captured by the Ægolius and
Eleus, 201;
changes its note, 245;
its nest, _ib._
Κίχλη, Turdus labrus and T. merula, nest, 138;
hides, 215;
changes its colour in winter, 276;
three kinds, 244.
Κίχλη, a sea-fish, 37;
near the land, 211;
in pairs, 213;
changes its colour, 228.
Κλῆρος, also called πυραύστης, an insect injurious to beehives,
Galeria cerella and G. mellonella, 226, 266.
Κνίδη, sea-nettle, probably an actinia, 118, 255.
Κνιπολόγος, a species of woodpecker, Picus varius, or minor, 202.
Κνὶψ or σκνὶψ, an insect, Formica flava, _Strack_, finds honey by the
sense of smell, 93;
eaten by the woodpecker, 93, 202, 242.
Κόγχη, a bivalve shell, Mya pictorum, 82;
several species, _ib._;
a kind of crustacean is found in them, 85;
origin, 117, 118;
large smooth shell in rivers, 243.
Κογκύλιον, a small bivalve shell, 198, 199.
Κοῖτος or κόττος, a fresh-water fish. Trout, Salmo Fario, _Strack_, 92.
Κοκκάλιον, Helix, land snail, 81.
Κόκκυξ, cuckoo, Cuculus Canorus, 93, 138;
habits, form, and eggs, 146;
eatable, 147;
lays in the nests of other birds, 249;
changes its note when about to migrate, 276.
Κολεὸς, also ἐλεὸς, and κελεὸς, woodpecker, 233.
Κολίας, a kind of tunny, Scomber colias, in the Propontis, 211;
when taken, 212;
gregarious, 234.
Κολιὸς, Corvus monedula or Picus viridis, 36;
in p. 242 colœus should probably be colius.
Κολλυρίων, Ampelis garrula, L. _Schneider_. Lanius garrula or
excubitor, 248.
Κολοιὸς, Pelecanus graculus, four species, 248.
Κολοκύντη, cucumber, Cucumis Sativus, 124, 208.
Κολυμβὶς, a sea-bird, diver, Colymbis, 3, 203.
Κόνις, knits, 134.
Κόνηξα, plant, Inula Conyza, or I. pulicaria, flea bane, 93.
Κορακίας, probably the Cornish Chough Pyrrocorax Graculus, 248.
Κορακῖνος, sturgeon, Accipenser huso, _Strack_, Sparus Chromis, 109,
159, 160, 213, 218, 228, 234.
Κορακοειδῶν γένος, the crow tribe, 5.
Κόραξ, raven and rook, Corvus Corax and frugilegus, 40, 45, 64;
eggs, incubation, young, 146;
Egyptian raven, 226;
hostile to the hawk, 232;
pecks the ass and bull, _ib._;
friend of the fox, 233;
frequent in towns, 248;
nest and habits, 250.
Κόραξ, a water-bird, Pelecanus Carbo, _Strack_, 203.
Κορδύλη or σκορδύλη, the young tunny fish, 160.
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