Ἔλαφος, stag, Cervus Elaphus, 5, 26, 27, 28; those called Achaïnæ, 39, 237; blood, 58, 67; horns, 60, 236, 237; the female, 100; coition, 103, 174; voice, 112; habits, 236, 237; the castrated animal, 278; rumination, _ib._ Ἐλέα, Emberiza arundinacea, or Turdus arundinaceus, _Strack_, or E. schœnilus, 246. Ἐλεγῖνος, a migratory fish, 234. Ἐλεδώνη, Eledone cirhosa, _Leach_, (Owen, in Cyclopædia of Anatomy), 76. Ἐλειὸς, dormouse, Myoxus Avellanarius; or perhaps squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, lives in holes in trees, 216. Ἔλειοι, a kind of hawk, 253; probably an incorrect reading. Ἐλεὸς, an owl, Stryx Aluco, _Strack_, see Ἀείσκοψ, 201. Ἐλέφας, Elephas Indicus, 5, 13, 14, 24, 26, 28, 29, 40, 43, 46, 61, 72; voice, 96; reproduction, 103, 115, 161, 173; food, 207; life and diseases, 222, 224; strength, 234; capture, _ib._; habits, docility, 274. Ἔλλοψ, a fish with four simple branchia, sword fish or sturgeon, _Liddell and Scott_, Centriscus scolopax, _Strack_, Accipenser stellatus, 37; ἔλοψ, 40. Ἕλμινς, worms, especially intestinal worms, tænia and lumbricus, some exist in sponges, 119; origin, 123; three kinds, flat worms, round worms, ascarides, 124; worms in snow, Podura nivalis, 126; some insect larvæ are described as worms, 135; small worms in eels, 158; worms in dogs, Tænia sevrata, 238. Ἐμπὶς, gnat, larger than κώνωψ, Tabanus, or Phryganea, _Strack_, 3, 9, 206. Εμὺς, Testudo coriacea, fresh-water tortoise, Emys lutraria, 39; reproduction, 136; habits, 194, 216. Ἔντελις or ἔτελις, probably sea bream, Sparus, _Strack_, Sparus Rayi, 153. Ἔντερα γῆς, the decomposing matter in which eels have their origin, 158. Ἔντομα, insects, as a class, 3, 10, 73, 123. Ἐνυδρίς, otter, Lutra vulgaris, 2; its food, 205. Ἐπιλαΐς or ὑπολαΐς, Sylvia curruca, _Strack_, or perhaps hedge sparrow, 202. Ἔποψ, hoopoe, Upupa Epops, 1; its nest, 138; lives in woods and mountains, 244; changes its colour, 246, 276. Ἐρέβινθος, a plant, leguminous seeds, Ervum sativum, 221. Ἐρίθακη, bee bread, 267. Ἐρίθακος, Sylvia erithacus, or S. Phœnicurus, _Strack_, Redstart, 202; in its summer plumage called Phœnicurus, 276. Ἐρινεὸς, wild fig tree, 136. Ἕρπυλλος, Thymus serpyllum, wild thyme, 261. Ἐρυθρῖνος, a red kind of mullet, Perea marina, Sparus Erythrymus, _Strack_, Perea scriba, all have roes, there are no males, 99, 153, 211. Ἐρωδιὸς, heron, Ardea major, 203; a foe to the woodpecker, 212; three kinds, ὁ πέλλος, the black, Ardea cinerea, ὁ λευκος, the white, A. egretta, ὁ ἀστεριας, A. stellaris, 233, 247; a friend of the crow, 323. Εὐλαὶ, maggots in flesh. Ἐφήμερον, ephemera, insect, 10, 126. Ἐχενηΐς, probably Goby or Blenny, _Forbes in Spratt's Lycia_, not the Remora, which was unknown to the ancients. Echeneis remora, _Strack_, 38.