one of the most extraordinary animals of the mammalia clas yet known, particularly for the singular conformation of its head, which is the perfect resemblance of the beak of a duck ingrafted on the head of a quadruped. See MAMMALIA Index.

ORNIS FRAXINUS, is that species of the ash tree, in the Linnaean system, which, according to Dr Cirillo of Naples, produces the manna. See MATERIA MEDICA Index.