ὀρτῠγο-μήτρα,ἡ,
A. a bird which migrates with quails,perh.corncrake, landrail, Rallus crex,
Cratin. 246 , Arist. HA 597b16 , Alex.Mynd. ap. Ath. 9.393a , LXX Ex. 16.13 , Nu. 11.31 ; ludicrously applied to Latona,the Ortygian mother(cf.ὈρτυγίαI), Ar. Av. 870 .