OKNOI— OPTYH. 123 



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

 Crex pratensts, auctt. : cf. Kpi£, Ku'xpajxos. In Mod. Gk. still 

 called dpTvyofxrjTpa (Heldr. &c.), and in the Cyclades pebiyovdXia 

 (Erh.), It. Re di quaglie. 



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

 (vide s. v. KuxpajAOs). 7rapa7rXr}o-io? ti)v pop(pr)v rois Xipvaiois (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 iori to peyedos 17X1*77 rpvyav, o-kcXt] de fuucpd, 

 bvadaXrjs Kai §61X77. 



Cratin. (2. 158) ap. Athen. I.e. 'idaKtjo-ia opTvyoprjrpa. Ar. Av. 870 

 associated with Latona, i\ryrol 'OpTvyoptjTpq, cf. Schol. in Argum. 

 Pythiorum Pindari. 



In Hesych. oprvyoprjTpa = oprvg vneppeyedrjs. The word is used also 

 by the LXX, and by the Fathers, for oprvg (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. yoprvg, i. e. f6prv£. Sk. vart-ika (cf. ; int. al., Muir's 

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

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

 vulgaris , auctt. Mod. Gk. oprvKi, dprvKiov. Dim. dpTuyioj/, 

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



the u, cf. Phot., p. 35°> IO oprvyas' o-varreXXovTcs oi 'Attikoi Xeyovcri 

 to v £77X01 iv AaiTaXevaiv y Apioro(pdvr]s. Gen. oprvKos, in Philem. 



ap. Chaerob. i. 82. 



Description.— Arist. H. A. vi. 12, 597 b ov itttitikos : ib. ix. 9, 614 «ri 

 Sevdpov ov Kadi£ei } aXX' eVt rrjs yrjS : ib. iv. 9, 536 paxopevos cpOeyyercu' 

 pxiXXov qdet 6 apprjv, al 8e OrjXeiai ovk qbovcriv. 



Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. ix. 392 c 6 8i)Xvs opru£ XeuTOTpaxriXos ear/, tov 

 appevos ovk zyoiv to. vito tS yeveico peXava. Pratin. ib. ddicpcovov tov oprvya, 

 7tXt)v el pr) ti rrapa to7s QXiaaiois fj toi? AaKoxri (pcovtjevTes, £>s oi ncpbtKes. 



Anatomy. — Arist. H. A. ii. 15, 506 b npos toIs evrepois tt)v xoXrjv e\ei> 

 ib. 17, 509 e^ei zeal npoXoftov Kai irpb ttjs yaarpos tov oropuixov evpvv Kai 

 nXarvv €\ovTa' Ste^ei 6° 6 TrpoXofios tov npo tt)s yao~Tpbs <TTopA\ov av^vov 

 a>g Kara. peyeQos. Alex. Mynd. 1. C. dvarprjdeis 8e irpoXofiov ov% opdrai. 

 peyav ex<ov, KapSiav §' eyfi pcyd-Xrjv, ml tuvttjv TpiXofiov, k.t.X. 



Nest and Breeding-habits. — A full description, together with irepdig, 

 Arist. H. A. ix. 8, 613 b, 614: cf. ib. vi. 1, 559. Cf. Xen. Memor. 

 ii. 1, 4. 



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

 Borjdpopiwvos. moTepot tov (pdivon&pov pdXXov fj tov eapos. oi §' oprvyes 



