NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 29 



Emberiza. chloroccphala. XXupos, green, and *.i<paX-o a head. Greenheaded 

 Bunting. 



citrinetta. Citrinus, of a citron colour. Yellow Bunting. 



miliaria. Milium, Millet, on which this bird feeds. Corn Bunting. 



Alauda. [^Perhaps from a or ab from, and laudo, to praise. — Ed.] Lark. 



arvensis. Of or belonging to fields. Sky Lark. 



arborea. Of or belonging to woods or trees. Wood Lark. 



Anthus. Latin name of a bird supposed to be of this genus. Pipit. 



rupestris. Of or belonging to rocks. Rock Pipit. 



— » — ■ — pratensis. Of or belonging to meadows. Meadow Pipit. 

 — — — arbor em. Of or belonging to trees. Tree Pipit. 



Rickardi. So named after Mr. Richards. Richard's Pipit. 



Tardus. Thrush. 



— — — musicus. Musical. Garden Thrush. 



- viscivorus. That feeds on Misseltoe. Viscus the Misseltoe, and voro 

 to devour. Missel Thrush. 



Iliacus. Trojan ; coming perhaps from Asia-Minor, or it may be 



derived some way from Ilex, the Holm Oak. Redwing Thrush. 



pilaris. Fieldfare Thrush. 



Merula. \Mera, alone, solitary. — Ed.] Ouzel. 



vulgaris. Common. Garden Ouzel. 



■ torquata. Having a ring, ringed. Ring Ouzel. 



Muscicapa. Musca, a Fly, and capio to catch. Flycatcher. 



luctuosa. Mourning, from its being all in black and white. Pied 



Flycatcher. 



grisola. Of a sober grey colour. Grey Flycatcher. 



Motacilla. Moveo to move, and cilia a tail. Wagtail. 



flam. Yellow. Yellow Wagtail. 



boarula. [Boarius, appertaining to Oxen. — Ed]. Grey Wagtail. 



alba. White. Pied Wagtail. 



Anorthura. wu upwards, opu to raise, and ow* the tail. Wren. 

 troglodytes. The name of a people said to live in caves of the earth. 



Ivy Wren. 

 Saxicola. Sam, rocks, and colo to inhabit. Chat. 

 senanthe. otwQx, the name of a bird supposed to be the Wheatear. 



Fallow Chat. 

 rubetra. [From Rubeta a Toad, on account of the white streak over 



the eye — Ed.] 



Rubus a Bramble, and colo to inhabit. Stone Chat. 



(To be continued in our next.) 



