Κύκνος, swan, Cycnus olor, 4, 45;[231] food, 203; gregarious, 211; fights with the eagle, 233; habits, 244; when dying they go towards the sea, _ib._ [231] Accidentally omitted in a list of birds in the translation. Κύλλαρος or σκύλλαρος, hermit crab, Pagurus, 85. Κύμινδις, the Ionic name of the χαλκὶς, Stryx Nisoria, 244, 251. Κυνακάνθη, perhaps the dog-rose, worms in it, 126. Rosa canina. Κυνοκέφαλος, dog-headed ape, Simia Cynocephalus, 32. S. Porcaria. Κυνοῤῥαϊστής, dog-ticks, Ricinus canis, 135. Κυπρῖνος, carp, Cyprinus Carpio, 38; inhabits rivers, 91; production and growth of young, 155, 156; star-struck, 219. Κύτισος, a shrub, Cytisus, Medicago arborea, 71. Κυφὴ, a kind of shrimp or prawn, 77. Palæmon Squilla or Crangon vulgaris, also Pagurus. Κύψελλος, a kind of swallow, Martin? Hirundo urbica, makes its nest of mud in rocks and caverns, 250. Κύων, dog, Canis familiaris, 6, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 42, 58; large dog of Epirus, 71; dreams, 97; reproduction, barking, &c., 103, 107, 112, 113, 114, 161, 163; Laconian dogs, their habits, 166, 167; when dogs eat grass, 204, 238; diseases, 222; Egyptian dogs, 226; Cyrenian dogs, half-bred, with wolves, Laconian with foxes, Indian with tigers, 227; the Molossian shepherd dog, 230; intestinal worms in dogs, 238. Κύων, a cartilaginous fish, Squalus carcharias, _Strack_, S. galeus, 104, 151. Κωβιός, gudgeon, Gobio, 44; ova, 153, 155; poor ones cast on shore, 157; food, 200; live near the land, 211; fatten in rivers, 218; gregarious, 197; in winter does not leave the Pyrrhic Euripus, 256. Κωλώτης, an animal inhabiting the stables of the ass, a lizard according to some, Scaliger thinks a beetle, 232, Mus minutus. Κώνωψ, a species of gnat, smaller than the empis, Conops calcitrans, _Strack_, Culex pipiens or C. calcitrans, 89, 94; springs from a worm in vinegar, Mosillus cellarius, 126. Λ Λάβραξ, perhaps Perca Labrax, Basse, 8, 92; sleeps, 98; reproduction, 108, 109, 153, 159; food, 199, 200; has a stone in its head, 218; unfit to eat when in spawn, 228; at times associated with cestreus, 244. Λαγωὸς, hare, Lepus timidus, the Egyptian, 226. Λαεδὸς, the name of a bird living in rocks and mountains, perhaps it should be λαΐος, 234. Λαΐος, a species of thrush, Turdus torquatus, 234, 247. Λαμία, a species of shark, Squalus centrina, or carachias, 104, 255. Λαμπυρὶς or πυγολαμπὶς, glow-worm, Lampyris notiluca, see Πυγολαμπὶς. Λάρος, gull or cormorant, Larus canus and marinus, Sterna, 45; colour, 203; a white kind, _ib._; hostile to the brenthus and harpa, 232. Λάταξ, beaver, Castor fiber, 3, 205. Λάχανα, potherbs, 217. Λειόβατος, skate, Raia Batis, 40, 151. Λεπὰς, limpet, Patella, 82, 84, 85, 86, 117. Λεπιδωτοὶ, scaly fishes, see Πλωτοὶ.