OKNOI— OPTYH. 123 



'OPTYrOMH'TPA. The Corn-crake or Land-rail, Ralbis crex, L., 

 Crex prate7tsis, auctt. : cf. Kpe'l, KuxpafAos. In Mod. Gk. still 



called opTvyofirjTpa (Heldr. &c.), and in the Cyclades peBiyovaXia 

 (Erh.), It. Re di quaglie. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 12, 597 b; a bird which accompanies the quails 

 (vide S. V. KUYpauos)- irapaTrkriaios tijv nop(prjU to7s Xifivalois (i. e. to the 

 wading birds) : cf. PHn. x. 33 ; Frider. ii De Arte Venandi, i. 9 et 

 modus rallorum terrestrium, quae dicuntur duces coturnicum. Alex. 

 Mynd. ap. Athen. ix. 393 a eorl t6 p-eyedos ijXiKi] rpvyaiv, aKeXr] de paKpc'i, 

 8v(r6(i\rjs KoX Sei'Ar;. 



Cratin. (2. 158) ap. Athen. I.e. 'idaKrja-la oprvyoprjrpa. Ar. Av. 870 

 associated with Latona, Ajjrot 'OpTvyopr^Tpa, cf. Schol. in Argum. 

 Pythiorum Pindari. 



In Hesych. oprvyoprjTpa = opTv^ vneppeyedr]!. The word is used also 

 by the LXX, and by the Fathers, for oprv^ (Ex. xvi. 13 ; Numb. xi. 31, 

 32 ; Ps. cv. 40) : according to Bochart (Hieroz. ii. 94) qua tamen voce 

 libentius usi sunt, quam simplici oprvyes, ne crederetur Deus gregarias 

 coturnices Israelitis immisisse, sed earum nobilissimas! 



"OPTYH- Hesych. yoprv^, i. e. foprv^. Sk. vart-ika (cf., int. al., IMuir's 

 Sk. Texts, i. 112. 8), cf. Lat. veriere, Lit. the dmicerl^), or more 

 probably and simply, the one who returns. The Quail, Cotiirnix 

 vulgaris, auctt. Mod. Gk. oprvKi, oprvKiov. Dim. opruyioi', 

 Eupolis and Antiph. ap. Athen. ix. 392 e. On the quantity of 



the u, cf. Phot., p. 350, 10 opTvyas' crv(jTeX\ovT(s oi 'Arrt/col Xe'youo-t 

 TO V 8r]Xo'i iv i^airdKiva-iv ^Apiaroipaprjs. Gen. oprvKoi, in Philem. 



ap. Chaerob. i. 82. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. vi. 12, 597 b ov ttttjtikos : ib. ix. 9, 614 eVi 

 fieVSpov ov Kadi^ei, dW em rijy yrjS : ib, iv. 9, 536 paxupevos (fideyyerai' 

 fiaWov aSei 6 apprjv, al de OrjXfiai ovk adovaiv. 



Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. ix. 392 c 6 drjXvs oprv^ XeirTOTpdxrjXos icrn, tov 

 appevos OVK. e)(oiiv ra viro rw yeveia peXava. Pratm. lb. d8v(f)a}vov tov oprvya, 

 nXrjv el pf] ti napd to7s ^Xiaaiois *] to'is AdKuiai (pQivrjevTes, w? 01 neptiKes. 



Anatomy. — Arist. H. A. ii. 15, 506b npos toIs e'vrepoLS T7jv ;^oXr;j/ e)(ei. 

 ib. 17, 509 ex^t. Ka\ npoXo^ov Koi npo Trjs yaarpos tov (rTopLa)(ov evpvv Kal 

 nXnTvv exovTa' Biexei 8' 6 npoXo^os tov irpo Tr}S yaaTpos aTop.dxov (tvxvov 

 as KQTci peyedos. Alex. Mynd. 1. C. dvarprjdels 8e npoXo^ov ovx opaTai 

 peyav exoiv, Kap8iav 8' e^ft peydXrjv, Koi TavTT]v rpiXn^ov, k.t.X. 



West and Breeding-habits. — A full description, together with TrepSi^, 

 Arist. H. A. ix. 8, 613 b, 614: cf. ib. vi. i, 559. Cf. Xen. Memor. 

 ii. I, 4- 



Migrations. — Arist. H. A. viii. 12, 597. Migrate in September, tov 

 BoT]8popiu)vos. moTepoi tov cf)6ivoTTwpov pdXXov rj tov eapos. 01 S oprvyes 



