Κορδύλος, water-newt, Triton aquaticus, 3, 9, 197. Siren Proteus. Κόρις, cimex, bug, C. lectularius, 134. Κορυδαλὸς, lark, Alauda arvensis cristata, 277. Κορυδὸς, lark, Alauda cristata, A. arborea, A. arvensis, (though Schneider thinks this identification doubtful), its nest, 146, 249; hybernates, 215; hostile to the pœcilis, 232; is said to eat the eggs of the eagle, 233; friendly to the schœnilus, 234; perches on the ground, 242, 245; two kinds, 249. Κορώνη, Corvus corone, 45; feeds its young after they are fledged, 146; incubation, 147; lives near the sea, 203; Egyptian, 226; foe to the owl, presbys, and typanus, 232; friend of the heron, 234; always to be seen, 248. Κότινος, the wild olive tree, Eleagnus angustifolia, used as food for sheep (accidentally omitted in the translation), 208. Κόττος, see κοῖτος. Cottus Gobio, 92. Κόττυφος, blackbird, Turdus merula, _Strack_, but apparently not always, Turdus merula, and T. saxatilis, hybernate, 215; changes its colour, 228; nest, 245; two kinds, black and white, 247; changes its plumage and voice in the winter, 276. Κόττυφος, a sea-bird, 110, 214. Κόττυφος, a fish, 228. Labrus Merula. Κόχλιας, snail, Helix, several kinds, 73, 81; land-snails, 83; when full of ova, 110; die when the shell is taken off, 136; form an operculum when they hybernate, 213; eaten by swine and partridges, 255. Κόχλος, Fresh-water univalve shells, Limnæa, Planorbis, 81, 83, 84, 86. Κραγγὼν, prawn, Cancer digitalis (Squilla mantis), _Strack_, Penæus sulcatus, 77. Κράμβη, cabbage or colewort, Brassica, 124, 126. Κραμβὶς, caterpillars of the cabbage butterfly, Papilio Danais Brassicæ, 125. Κράστις, green fodder for horses, 207. Κρὲξ, Trigna pugnax, hostile to the celeus, 233; its habits, 247. Κριθή, barley, 206. Κριὸς, Ovis aries, ram, breeding season, 114, 161, 199. Κροκόδειλος, the Land crocodile, Lacerta stellio, Monitor terrestris, 25, 34; both kinds mentioned, 43, 46; reproduction, 137; brought up in Egypt, 231; Herodotus, Book 4, c. 192. Κροκόδειλος, the Egyptian crocodile. Crocodilus Niloticus, 2, 14; in Egypt, 33, 59; reproduction, 137; hybernates, 72. Κρότων, Ricinus, tick, or dog-louse, Hippobosca ovina, 135; Acarus ricinus, 125. Κτεὶς, Pecten, 82, 84. A large kind, which has one valve flat, Pecten maximus, 84, 94, 95; origin, 117; small crustaceans in them, _ib._; hybernate, 213; red pectens, 220; leap, 256. Κύαμοι, beans, Vicia faba, 72, 206. Κύανος, Turdus Cyaneus, blue thrush, 248. Κύγχραμος or κύχραμος, Corncrake, Rallus Crex, _Strack_, probably a species of ortolan, _Lindell and Scott_. Leads the flight of the quails, 210.