ornix

ornix [LL < ὄρνιξ] , (unspec.) bird. b partridge. c pheasant. d wood-fowl. e moor-fowl. 1419 pro repastum capon[um] ornic’ et perdic’ MinAc 1249/4 m. 1d.; 1422 de ij s. solutis pro iij ~icibus dones a la ferme de vicecomite Ac. Chamb. Winchester.  b ~ix ‥ perdix SB 32, Alph. 131 (v. gallina 3b); ~ix, perdrix ‥ G. pertris MS BL Sloane 5 f. 10va.  c ~ix, G. fesaunt Teaching Latin II 29; hic ~ix, hic ffesanus, a fesant WW; a fesande, fasianus, ~ix CathA.  d ~ix ‥ gallina silvestris SB 32; Alph. 131 (v. gallina 3b); ~ix, ‥ gallina silvestris MS BL Sloane 5 f. 10va; nomina avium: hic †fornix, A. wodekok WW.  e a mure cok or hene, ~ix CathA.