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.