Κῆτος, whale, as a class, 10, 39; whales, 69; other whales, 152. Κητώδη, Cetacea, 7, 13, 104, 196; turn on their back to seize their prey, 200. Κηφὴν, drone, 260. Κίγκλος, probably Tringa Cinclus, Linn. Dunlin, 244. Cinclus aquaticus. Κίθαρος, a kind of turbot, Trigla lyra, 44. Κιννάμωμον, a spice, cinnamon, 245. Κιννάμωμον ὄρνεον, cinnamon bird, 245; Herodotus, Book 3, c. 111. Κίρκος, perhaps Falco nisus, _Liddell and Scott_, 232, 253. Falco pygargus. Κισσὸς, Ivy. Hedera Helix, 130. Κίττα or Κίσσα, Jay, Corvus glandarius, captured by the Ægolius and Eleus, 201; changes its note, 245; its nest, _ib._ Κίχλη, Turdus labrus and T. merula, nest, 138; hides, 215; changes its colour in winter, 276; three kinds, 244. Κίχλη, a sea-fish, 37; near the land, 211; in pairs, 213; changes its colour, 228. Κλῆρος, also called πυραύστης, an insect injurious to beehives, Galeria cerella and G. mellonella, 226, 266. Κνίδη, sea-nettle, probably an actinia, 118, 255. Κνιπολόγος, a species of woodpecker, Picus varius, or minor, 202. Κνὶψ or σκνὶψ, an insect, Formica flava, _Strack_, finds honey by the sense of smell, 93; eaten by the woodpecker, 93, 202, 242. Κόγχη, a bivalve shell, Mya pictorum, 82; several species, _ib._; a kind of crustacean is found in them, 85; origin, 117, 118; large smooth shell in rivers, 243. Κογκύλιον, a small bivalve shell, 198, 199. Κοῖτος or κόττος, a fresh-water fish. Trout, Salmo Fario, _Strack_, 92. Κοκκάλιον, Helix, land snail, 81. Κόκκυξ, cuckoo, Cuculus Canorus, 93, 138; habits, form, and eggs, 146; eatable, 147; lays in the nests of other birds, 249; changes its note when about to migrate, 276. Κολεὸς, also ἐλεὸς, and κελεὸς, woodpecker, 233. Κολίας, a kind of tunny, Scomber colias, in the Propontis, 211; when taken, 212; gregarious, 234. Κολιὸς, Corvus monedula or Picus viridis, 36; in p. 242 colœus should probably be colius. Κολλυρίων, Ampelis garrula, L. _Schneider_. Lanius garrula or excubitor, 248. Κολοιὸς, Pelecanus graculus, four species, 248. Κολοκύντη, cucumber, Cucumis Sativus, 124, 208. Κολυμβὶς, a sea-bird, diver, Colymbis, 3, 203. Κόνις, knits, 134. Κόνηξα, plant, Inula Conyza, or I. pulicaria, flea bane, 93. Κορακίας, probably the Cornish Chough Pyrrocorax Graculus, 248. Κορακῖνος, sturgeon, Accipenser huso, _Strack_, Sparus Chromis, 109, 159, 160, 213, 218, 228, 234. Κορακοειδῶν γένος, the crow tribe, 5. Κόραξ, raven and rook, Corvus Corax and frugilegus, 40, 45, 64; eggs, incubation, young, 146; Egyptian raven, 226; hostile to the hawk, 232; pecks the ass and bull, _ib._; friend of the fox, 233; frequent in towns, 248; nest and habits, 250. Κόραξ, a water-bird, Pelecanus Carbo, _Strack_, 203. Κορδύλη or σκορδύλη, the young tunny fish, 160.