Arist.,
Hist. An. vi. 6 and ix. 15. So Pliny x. vii.
“Nidos nemo attigit: ideo etiam fuere qui
putarent illos ex adverso orbe advolare, nidificant enim in
excelsissimis rupibus.” cf. also
Ælian, ii. 46: γῦπα δὲ
ἄρρενα οὔ
φασι
γίγνεσθαί
ποτε ἀλλὰ
θηλείας
ἁπάσας.