And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Heron, or "stork "noted for the same quality: chasida, means "piety. "
Charadrion, a kind of heron, (Calmet) mentioned by Aristotle, viii. 3. It is found in deep holes and rocks. (Menochius)
Some translate parrot, peacock, kite Anapha,may denote a bird easily vexed. (Calmet)
Houp, or lapwing. (Haydock)
Bat. Strabo (xvii.) speaks of some very large, which were salted and eaten at Borsippe.