Deuteronomy 14:15-18
Job 30:29 the night Tachmas, probably the bird which Hasselquist calls strix orientalis, or oriental owl. the cuckoo Shachpaph, probably the sea-gull or mew. the swan Tinshemeth, probably, as Michaelis supposes, the goose. Deut 14:16 gier Rachamah, probably a species of vulture, still called in Arabic by the same name. the cormorant Shalach, probably the cataract, or plungeon, a sea fowl. Deut 14:17 the lapwing Doocheephath, the upupa, or hoop, a beautiful but very unclean bird. Deut 14:18
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