72 NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Vanellus. From its fan-like >ings, another meaning'of the word Vanellus. 



Lapwing. 

 cristatus. Crested. Peewit Lapwing. 



Squatarola. Squatarole. 



cinerea. Ash-coloured, cinereous. Grey Squatarole. 



Charadrius. A bird supposed to be the Dotterel Plover. Plover. 

 pluvialis. Rainy. Golden^Plover. 



morinellus. Mupowu to be silly, the bird being so foolish as to 



imitate the motions of the fowler. Dotterel Plover. 

 Charadrius hiaticula. Ringed Plover. 



Cantianus- Kentish- Kentish Plover. 



Cursorius- Curro, to run. Swiftfoot. 



isabellinus. so called from its isabel colour. Cream-coloured 



Swiftfoot- 



Arenaria. Arena the sand. Sanderling. 



calidris. Common Sanderling. 



Glareola. Glarea, sand, shingle, which this bird frequents. Pratincole. 



. torquata. Having a ring (round its neck). Collared Pratincole. 



Strepsilas. ar^u to turn (as it does the stones). Turnstone. 



■ collaris. Collare, a collar. Common Turnstone. 



H&matopus. ot-ij.-j. blood, m the face, or countenance. Oystercatcher. 



ostralegus. Ostrsea, Oysters, and %o, to collect. Common 



Oyster-catcher. 



Himantopus. A long-legged bird supposed to be the present- Stilt. 



melanopterus. MtXacs black, and irneoi a wing. Black-winged 



Stilt. 



Machetes. M*^j(i to fight, from its quarrelsome disposition. Ruff. 



pugnax. Quarrelsome, pugnacious- Common Ruff. 



Tringa. Tringa. 



cinerea. Ash-coloured, cinereous. 



maritima. That frequents the sea shore. Purple Tringa. 



subarquata. Diminutive of arquatus, arched, or curved, as is the 



bill of this bird. Curlew Tringa. 



Temminckii. Temminck's, named after him. Temminck's Tringa. 



variabilis. Variable (in appearance, in winter and summer.) Dunlin 



Tringa. 



pusilla. Very small. Minute Tringa- 



Totanus. Sandpiper. 



fuscus. Dark. Dark brown. Dusky Sandpiper. 



