Κάνθαρος, a sea-fish, lives near the shore, Sparus Cantharus, 211.
Κάπρος, boar, 29;
coition, age, 112, 114;
castration, 277.
Κάπρος, a fish said to make a grunting noise. Cottus cataphractus, or
Squalus centrina, 37;
in the Achelous, 95.
Καραβοειδῆ, crustaceans, 79, 85, 228.
Κάραβος, insect, stag-beetle, Cerambyx. _Strack_, 89, 125.
Κάραβος, Palinurus vulgaris, Spiny lobster, 7, 9, 10;
as a class, 73, 77;
male and female, 78;
described, 79, 80, 84, 93;
sleep, 97;
reproduction, 120;
where produced, 121;
change their shell, _ib._;
kills other fish, is killed by the polypus, 198;
habitation, pursuit, 129;
hides itself and changes its shell, 217.
Καρίδιον πιννοφύλαξ, a small crustacean, Pinnotheres veterum, _Bell's
Crustaceans_, 117.
Καρὶς, shrimp or prawn, Crangon, Palæmon, 77;
different kinds, _ib._;
reproduction, 106, 121;
changes its colour in winter, 228.
Καρκίνιον, hermit crab, Pagurus Bernhardi, L., _Bell_, and probably
other species, 85;
in Strombi and Neritæ, _ib._, 118;
also a species in Pinnæ distinguished from καρίδιον, 117.
Καρκίνος, crab, of various species. Cancer, Carcinus, &c., 4, 10,
73, 77;
several species, 77;
fluviatile, Telphura fluviatilis, _ib._;
number of feet, _ib._;
short-tailed _ib._;
description, 80, 81, 85;
reproduction, 106;
white crabs in various shells, 117;
change of shell, 121;
rock crabs, 198;
black crabs, hard shelled crabs, 217.
Κάστωρ, beaver, Castor Fiber, 205.
Καυλίον, some kind of sea-weed, 200.
Καταῤῥάκτης, diver, Pelecanus bassanus, L., _Schneider_, 45;
mode of taking its prey, 244.
Κεγχρὶς, Falco tinnunculus, _Schneider_, 45;
lays many eggs, 138;
red eggs, 139;
mode of drinking, 203.
Κελεὸς, large green woodpecker, Picus viridis, 202, 232, 233.
Κέφρος, petrel, Procellaria pelagica, 203, 253.
Κέρθιος, creeper, Certhia familiaris, 247.
Κερκὶς, Populus tremula, osier, 205.
Κεστραῖοι, mullets as a class, 109, 159.
Κεστρεὺς, mullet. Mugil. In the lake Silpha, 37, 44, 92;
it sleeps, 98;
capture, 87;
birth, 108;
enumeration of species, 109, 153, 157;
enters rivers to spawn, 156, 159;
food, 199, 228;
habits, 200;
near the shore, 211;
associates with the labrax, 235;
the swiftest of fishes, 256;
in season in the autumn, _ib._
Κέφαλος, grey mullet. _Spratt's Lycia_, Mugil cephalus, 109, 153;
reproduction, 159;
food, 199;
injured by cold, 218.
Κήβος, monkey, Simia mora or diona, _Strack_, 32.
S. Cynologus.
Κηρὶς, κυρὶς, or κιῤῥὶς, a sea-fish, 228.
Κήρυλος, a sea-bird, mentioned with the Halcyon, 203.
Tringa variabilis.
Κήρυξ, whelk, Buccinum, its mecon, 80, 81, 82, 85;
appears in the early spring, 110;
nidulary capsules, 115, 116;
the small whelk, 118;
hides itself, 213.