Φὼρ, a kind of bee, the thief, 259.
Χ
Χάλαξα, Hydatids in swine, 221.
Χαλκεὺς, a fish, Dory, Zeus Faber, _Strack_, 95.
Χαλκὶς, a lizard, with a bright stripe on its back, Lacerta
chalcides, 223.
Χαλκὶς, a bird, the same as κύμινδις, Stryx flammea, _Strack_, 244.
Χαλκὶς, a fish, perhaps Mugil auratus, _Spratt's Lycia_, Clupea
picta, 108, 155, 156, 256.
Χαλκῖτις λίθος, lime stone, 126.
Χάννη, or χάνη, a fish with a wide mouth, Perca cabrilla, 99, 153;
food, 199;
marine, 211.
Χαραδριὸς, lapwing or curlew, Charadrius œdicnemus, _Schneider_,
203, 243.
Χελιδὼν, swallow, Hirundo urbica and rustica, 4, 40, 45, 64;
reproduction and nests, 111, 138, 145, 239;
eat animal food, 202;
migration, 215;
kill bees, 265.
Χελιδὼν, flying fish, 95;
Exocetus volitans.
Χέδροπες, leguminous plants, 205.
Χέλων, or χάλλων, a fish like the cestreus, 109, 159, 199.
Χελώνη, the river tortoise, Testudo orbicularis and Europæa, 34, 39,
41, 42, 46, 65, 84, 87, 96;
reproduction, 103, 104, 123;
marine, Chelonia cephalo, 196;
lives on shell-fish and sea-weed, 198;
does not change its skin, 216, 238.
Χήμη, a large bivalve shell, Chama, 117.
Χὴν, goose, Anser domesticus and Anas segetum, 6, 27, 45, 47;
gosling, 140, 141;
incubation, 146, 147;
different kinds, 203, 210.
Χηναλώπηξ, an Egyptian goose, Anas tadorna, _Strack_, 140, 203.
Χίμαιρα, probably the she goat, 72.
Χλωρεὺς, perhaps the same as χλωρίων, a foe to the woodpecker, and
kills the turtle dove, Falco lanarius, 232.
Χλωρὶς, Motacilla fitis, or Loxia chloris, _Strack_, eats worms, 202;
shape, eggs, nest, 245, 249.
Χλωρίων, perhaps oriole, Oriolus galbula, _Strack_, attacks the
blackbird, 233, 248.
Χοιροπίθηκος, ape, Simia rostrata, S. porcaria, 34.
Χρὲμψ, a fish joined with labrax, 92.
Χρόμις, a sea-fish, Sciæna nigra, 92, 94, 108, 218.
Χρυσομήτρις, a bird (thistle finch), Fringilla serinus, 202.
Χρύσοφρυς, Sparus aurata L., 8, 44;
sleeps, 98;
reproduction, 109, 160;
food, 200;
near the shore, 211;
in estuaries, _ib._;
hybernates, 214;
impatient of cold, 218.
Χύμινδις, the same as χαλκις, 244.
Χυτοὶ, fish that swim in shoals, 109.
Ψ
Ψάρος, starling, Sturnus vulgaris, 215, 249.
Ψὴν, gall insect, Cynips psenes, 136.
Ψήττα, a flat fish, Pleuronectes lingua and Rhombus, and maxima,
99, 109, 255.
Ψιττάκη, Parrot, Psittacus erithacus, 211.
Ψύλλα, flea, Pulex irritans, 134;
a kind of spider, Salticus scenicus, 259.
Ψύλλος, parasites on fish, Talitrus locusta, 97.
Ψυχὴ, butterfly, Papilio, 89, 102, 123.
Ω
Ὠτὶς, bustard, Otis tarda, 45, 102;
incubation, 147, 252.
Ὠτὸς, horned owl, Strix otus, 210, 252.
Ὦχροι, a kind of pulse, useful to bees, Pisum sativum, 268.
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