A glossary of Greek birds

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAMEDICAL CENTER LIBRARYSAN FRANCISCOFROM THBJLreWTRY OF THE LATEPAN S. M.D.CODELLAS,-rr^r s*~GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDSBonbonHENRY FROWDEPRESS WAREHOUSEOXFORD UNIVERSITYAMEN E.G.CORNER,AVENUE& 66 FIFTHMACMILLAN CO.,Fro. I. FIG. 2.FIG. FIG.3.FIG. FIG. 6.5.FRONTISPIECE.ILLUSTRATIONS.FIG. i. AN ARCHAIC PROBABLY PARTHIAN (Paris Coll., 1264,2 ;GEM,und PI.cf. Keller, xxi, 14).Imhoof-BlumerFIG. 2. TETRADRACHM OF ERETRIA M. CentralCat., Or.,(B.PI.xxiii, i).inBoth these a bird on a bull's (or cow's) back, mysubjects representin relation to the Taurus Inthe (videopinion pleiad sign infra, p. 31).in r it is in2 the bull is to the ;round, symbolize tropic Fig.Fig. turningthe conventional attitude of the constellation as AratusTaurus,kneelingdescribes it (Ph. 517)5f ateeXfcov oK\a,Tavpov oaarj irepityaiveTaior in Cicero's translation' flexo Taurus connititurAtque genu ingens.'other kindred the coins ofalso, among types, Paphos, showingComparehisa bull with the solar disc on or over back {Rev. Num., 1883,wingedH. Numorum, &c.).p. 355; Head, p. 624,AND CRABFIGS. A COIN OF WITH EAGLEAGRIGENTUM, (Head,3, 4.is associated withH. which closelyNiimorum, p. 105). Aquila,Cancer rises : itManil. i. sets as624), may figure,Capricorn (cf.as a solstitialtherefore, sign.WITH THE COCKFIG. COIN OF BEFORE B.C.HlMERA, 842, (Head,5.H. cf.Numorum, 125 ; infra, p. 26).p.WITH ANDFIG. 6. ATHENIAN TETRADRACHM, OWL, OLIVE-TWIG,cf.CRESCENT MOON ...