Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ornithomancy

Ornithomancy , noun

[Greek {not transcribed}; 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + {not transcribed} divination: compare French ornithomancie.]

Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science. — De Quincey