OKNOI OPTY=. 133 



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

 Crex pratensis, auctt. : cf. icpe, Ku'xpajjios. In Mod. Gk. still 

 called opTvyoMTpa (Heldr. &c.), and in the Cyclades peSiyoudXia 

 (Erh.), It. Re di quaglie. 



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

 (vide S. V. Kuxpcifios). TrapaTrXqo-ios- TIJV p,op(pr]v Tols \ipvaiois (i. e. to the 

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

 modus rallorum terrestrium, quae dicuntur duces coturnicum. Alex. 

 Mynd. ap. Athen. ix. 393 a * " T0 p-ty f @o$ 77X1*77 rpuycov, o~K\rj Se /zctKpa, 

 dvo~6a\r)s Kal deiXrj. 



Cratin. (2. 158) ap. Athen. I.e. 'Idanrja-ia opruyo/^rpa. Ar. Av. 870 

 associated with Latona, Arjrol 'Opruyo/zr/rpg, cf. Schol. in Argum. 

 Pythiorum Pindari. 



In Hesych. oprvyo/^rpa = oprvg vTrfppeyedrjs. The word is used also 

 by the LXX, and by the Fathers, for oprug (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! 



"OPTYE- Hesych. yo'p, i. e. foprv. Sk. vart-ika (cf., int. al., Muir's 

 Sk. Texts, i. 112. 8), cf. Lat. vertere, Lit. the dancer (?), or more 

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

 vulgar is y auctt. Mod. Gk. oprvKi, oprvKiov. Dim. opruyioy, 

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



the u, cf. Phot., p. 35> IO oprvyas' <rv(TT\\ovTes ol 'ArriKoi \eyovcri 

 TO v 8r)\oi ev AaiTa\ev(riv 'Apiarofpdvrjs. Gen. oprv^of, in Philem. 



ap. Chaerob. i. 82. 



Description. Arist. H. A. vi. 12, 597 b ov TTTJJTIKOS : ib. ix. 9, 614 eirl 

 ftfvdpov ov Ka6iei, dXX' eVt rrjs yijs : ib. iv. 9, 536 /za^d/ie^os ^BeyyfraC 

 [jui\\ov adei 6 apprjv, al de OrjXfiai OVK adovaiv. 



Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. ix. 392 c 6 6^\vs op XcirTOTpd^os eo~ri, TOV 

 appevos OVK 'iya>v TO, VTTO r&5 yeveico peXava. Pratin. ib. dSvfpcovov TOV oprvya, 

 7T\r)v el pf) TI napa Tols ^Xiaaiois rj TO!? Aa/toxri (f)a>vr]VTs, as ol nepdiKes. 



Anatomy. Arist. H. A. ii. 15, 506 b Trpo? Tols e'vrepois TTJV ^o'X^i/ e^. 

 ib. 17, 509 e^ei Kcti TrpoXoftov Kal npb TTJS yaorpo? TOV aro/Lta^oi/ evpvv Kal 

 TT\aTvv e\ovra' 8iep(ei S' 6 TrpoXojSos TOU Trpo TIJS y(rrpos (rro/xa^ov av^vov 

 oas Kara peyeOos. Alex. Mynd. 1. C. dvaTp,r)6els 8e 7rpoXoj3oz/ ov% oparat 

 fieyav e^eov, Kap8iav S' e^ft /zeyaXr;j/, /ecu TOVTTJV rpt'Xo/Sov, K.T.\. 



Nest and Breeding- habits. A full description, together with 7re'pSi, 

 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 

 Borjo'pop.iavos. iriorfpoi TOV (frOivonwpov p.d\\ov rj TOV eapos. ol &' oprvyes 



