"2ft NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Upupa, epops. EwonJ/, a Hoopoe. Marsh Hoopoe . 



Merops. The Latin name of a bird that eats Bees. Bee-eater. 



apiaster. Apiastrum, an herb that Bees delight in; the name should 



perhaps be apiastri. Yellow-throated Bee-eater. 

 Alcedo. The Halcyon or Kingfisher. Kingfisher. 

 ispida- Hispidus, rough, as with wet. fJOr perhaps from piscis, a 



fish. — Ed.] Common Kingfisher. 

 Cinclus. KiyK^os, a bird which has the habit of moving its tail, supposed to 



be the Dipper. Dipper. 



aquatieus. That haunts or delights in water. Bank Dipper. 



Loxia. Ao£os, oblique, crooked (as to its bill). Crossbill. 



curvirostra. Having a curved bill. Common Crossbill. 



pityopsittacus. Ilirvs-vos, a Pine tree, and •narrq.wx, a Parrot. 



Pyrrhula. Uvq, fire, from the colour of the bird. Alp. 



vulgaris. Common. Hedge Alp. 



enucleator. Enucleo, to take out a kernel. Pine Alp. 



Fringilla. fJFrom frango, to break or crush (seeds). — Ed.] Finch. 



coccothraustes. Koxxos, a berry, and Qpxvu to break. Haw Finch. 



chloris. Chloris, a green bird, such as the present Green F inch. 



Passer. Sparrow. 



domesticus- Domestic. House Sparrow- 



montanus. Of or belonging to mountains. Tree Sparrow. 



montifringilla?* Mons montis, a mountain, and Fringilla, a Finch- 



Mountain Sparrow. 

 ? calebs. A Bachelor. 



Carduelis. |[From Carduus, a Thistle. — Ed.] 



spinus. [Spinus, a Sloe, or Blackthorn. — Ed.] Green Siskin. 



communis. Common. Common Siskin. 



Linaria. Linarium, a Flax field, which the Linnets prey upon. Linnet. 

 Linota. A<»o», Flax or Hemp-seed ; of which these birds are fond. Br»wn 

 Linnet. 



rubra. Ruddy, red. Redpoll Linnet. 



montana. Of or belonging to mountains. Mountain Linnet. 



Emberiza. Bunting. 



nivalis. Snowy. Snow Bunting. 



■ hortulana. Of or belonging to Gardens. Ortolan Bunting. 



schamiclus. a-xoms, a Rush. Reed Bunting. 



cirlus. Cirl Bunting. 



* Vide the Preface to the Guide to an Arrangement of British Birds, by the Rev. F. 0. MonRis. 



