Deuteronomy 14:15-18

14:15

owl <08464> [the night.]

{Tachmas,} probably the bird which Hasselquist calls {strix orientalis}, or oriental owl.

seagull <07828> [the cuckow.]

{Shachpaph,} probably the sea-gull or mew.

14:16

white owl <08580> [the swan.]

{Tinshemeth,} probably, as Michaelis supposes, the goose.

14:17

carrion vulture <07360> [gier.]

{Rachamah,} probably a species of vulture, still called in Arabic by the same name.

cormorant <07994> [the cormorant.]

{Shalach,} probably the cataract, or plungeon, a sea fowl.

14:18

hoopoe <01744> [the lapwing.]

{Doocheephath,} the {upupa,} or hoop, a beautiful but very unclean bird.