NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS* 27 



Sturnus vulgaris. Common Spotted Starling. 



Pastor. Literally a shepherd ; but how this can apply to a bird, I at present 

 know not. Amzel. 



roseus. Roseate or rose-coloured. Rose-coloured Amzel. 



Bombycilla. Bombyx, silk, and cilia, a tail. Waxwing. Silktail. 



— garrula. Noisy, chattering. Bohemian Waxwing. 



Lanius. A Butcher. Shrike. 



excubitor. A Sentinel. Grey Shrike. 



■ collurio. Redbacked Shrike, 



rufus. Red. Wood Shrike. 



Parus. [[From parvus, little. — Ed.]] Tit. 



biarmicus. [[Two-barbed ; from the whiskers on each side of the bill. 



—En.] Bearded Tit. 



caudatus. Cauda, a tail. Longtailed Tit. 



palustris. Of or belonging to marshes. Marsh-Tit. 



ater. Black. Coal Tit. 



cristatus. Crested. Cre3ted Tit. 



cseruleus. Blue or azure-coloured. Blue Tit. 



— — major. Greater or larger. Garden Tit» 



Regulus. A diminutive of Rex, a king, from this bird having a crest or crown 

 of gold colour. Kinglet. 



cristatus. Crested. Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



Picus. j^From Usiku to peck. — Ed.] Woodpecker. 



martius. " Martia Picus avis" (supposed to be this bird) is spoken 



of in Ovid ; derived from Mars, the heathen god of war. Perhaps from 

 the upright attitude of the bird, and the blows it gives the trees. Black 

 Woodpecker. 



viridis. Green. Green Woodpecker. 



major. Greater or larger. Barred Woodpecker*. 



medius. Middle (in point of size). 



minor. Lesser. Pied Woodpecker. 



villosus. Hairy. Hairy Woodpecker. 



Sitta. Sittw supposed to have been the Nuthatch. Nuthatch. 



Europsea. European. European Nuthatch. 



Yunx. Wryneck. 



torquilla. From torqueo, to turn or twist, as the Wryneck does its 



neck. Zigzag Wryneck. 

 Certhia. Creper. 



familiaris. Common or familiar. Hazel Creeper- 



Upupa. Hoopoe. 



