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ica laa! among other potted plants of the 
Pes era 
OTHUMA, i in he a town of Arabia, in the 
province of Yem s N.N.E. of Mocha, N. lat 
54° 32!. E. lon 
ng. We 7. 
*OTIBAR, a town of Spain, in the province of Gra- 
nada 3 By _ W.N. LG of vite 
O' 
a Cuftom arne ed are ex- 
form by their prefence a legal fynagogue or quorum 
Vitringa, in his Archi-Synagoga, refutes this opision ; 
and will ae wee otiofi to have been ten direGtors or officers 
archi- fynagogus, who had tw t at 
he e ceremonies, and other nets bees 
e with is 
fynagogus referved to himfelf ce power of teaching : that, 
befides thefe three, the archi-fynagogus named feveral read- 
ers, who read in the fynagogue every fabbat h, and that 
thefe made the decem otiofi of the fynagogue; fo called, 
becaufe, being aileapage from all — — their 
whole attendance was ivine erv 
low the arrangement of the former writer, noticing, as in 
other articles, a that belong to our own country by 
means of an after: 
Species. 
rpA:; Great Buftard. Wave-fpotted with black 
It runs with great rapidity, fo as to efcape the purfuit of 
common dogs, but falls fpeedily a vitim to the grey-hound, 
which often overtakes it before it has the power to com- 
mence its flight, the preparation for which, in this bird, 
is d laborio The female lays her eggs on the 
bare ground, never more t two in number, in a hole 
f{cratched out by her fo urpofe; and if thefe are 
a 
e tongue, and ee to 
t 
This 
being attacked by birds of p 
his enemies by the fudden and ee re difcharge of water 
0TI 
upon them. ‘Thefe birds are folitary and | hy, and bane 
principally upon graffes, worms, and grain. They 
formerly much hunted by dogs, and ciced as fupplying 
no uninterefting diverfion. oo wallow ftones, pieces of 
metal, and other hard fu 
Bs; Arabian uftard. Ear ars with ie ao 
inhabits Afia and Africa, and is the fize of th 
* Terrax; Little Buftard. The head A hie of thia 
It 
{pecies are {mooth. it inhabits fouthern Europea fia 5 
is rarely found in England; is feventeen inches long; the 
ggs are of a fhining area th is blackifh. The 
; ands ; 
tem- 
wings ites as cunning : 
two hundred paces, and run fo falt that a man cannot over~ 
ta 
Pie akes Buftard. It inhabits the Cape of 
Goo aos is twenty-two inches long, In the male 
the bill ae ie are yellow; the crown cinereous; the wings 
with a large epee neck behind, and thighs above the 
knees, with a white collar ; fourteen tail-feathers ; the fe- 
male is cinereous, a her thighs aud belly blac 
aceon: ; Indian Buftard. Black; area of the 
eyes back, rump, and tail, fhining br own. It in- 
fobae 2 as ey name imports, Bengal, and is thirteen inches 
ong. 
ere Paffarage Buftard. This f{pecies is black 
the body above reticulate with brown ; the hind head has 
four expillsey feathers on each fide, rhombic at the tips ; 
the wings and ears white. It inhabits India, 
and is the fize of O. tetrax. The billisof a whitith- brown ; 
the legs are aie 
Hovuspara; Ru ffe d Buftard. . Yellowith, {potted with 
brown ; ane s of the neck long, whitifh, with black 
fhafts; the quill-feathers black, with a white feck in the 
middle. It inhabits Africa and ‘Arabia, and is the fize of a 
capon. , 
Rew. This is an Arabian bird; the hind head of the 
male has a black-blue creft ; the ween is black ; body above, 
and wings yellow, {potted wit the belly is iad ; 
the tail is ee with ee ae ftreaks. The b 
and legs robuf 
INDICA 3 White-chinned Buftard. The upper part is 
ferruginous, waved with white ie black, beneath whitihh ; 
chin white ; crown, area 0 of t yes, and a ftreak on eich 
It inbabite mre and is the fize 
is inhabits 
et there is a yellow line; from the bill under 
h i the knees are thick, as 
if fwollen 3 ; belly and thighs w 
CuHiLensis. Head and ce “{mooth 3 body white ; 
crown and tail-feathers cinereous ; agrsall srcilieather: 
It inhabits Chili, is even larger than the Q. o : 
is gregarious, 4nd feeds on herbs; it is thought n 
long to thts genus. The tail, which confifts a. aes 
feathers, is fhort ; it has four very thick toes 
_ S OTISFIELD, 
