NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 73 



Totanus. hypoleucos. Two under or beneath, and \tvws white. Common 

 Sandpiper. 



macularia. Macula a spot. Spotted Sandpiper; 



glareola. Glarea sand, pebbles, shingie, which these birds frequent. 



> oehropus. Siygos yellowish-green, and now, a foot. Greenshank 



Sandpiper. 

 glottis, [tXuttx a tongue ; having a long tongue.— Ed.] Green 



Sandpiper. 

 — calidris. Redshank Sandpiper. 



Limosa. Limus, mud, which this bird frequents. Godwit. 



rufa. Red. Red Godwit. 



melanura. Ms\as black, and ovgx a tail. Blacktailed Godwit. 



Avocetta. Avocet. 



recurvirostra. Having the bill bent backwards. Scooping Avocet. 



Scolopax. ZxoXo'vat?; a Woodcock. Snipe. 



Sabini. So named after Captain Sabine. Sabine's Snipe. 



■ grisea- Dark grey. 



■ gallinula. fJA diminutive term, signifying the small size of the 



bird. — Ed.] Jack Snipe. 



gallinago. [Same as gallinula. — Ed.] Common Snipe. 



major. Greater or larger. Great Snipe. 



rusticola. An inhabitant of the country. Wood Snipe. 



Numenius. Curlew. 



phceopus. Qxtos, dark, and o%J/, the countenance. Wimbrel Curlew. 



arquata. Arched, curved (its bill being so). Common Curlew. 



Ibis- Ibis. 



fakinellus. Falcula, a crooked hook, or talon. Glossy Ibis. 



Platalea. [Signifies broad or wide, with regard to the bill. — Ed.] Spoonbill. 



leucorodia. Awkos white [and gohos red. — Ed.] White Spoonbill. 



Grus. Crane. 



cinerea. Ash-coloured, cinereous. Common Crane. 



Ciconia. Stork. 



alba. White. White Stork. 



nigra. Black. Black Stork. 



Botaurus. Compound of Bovs a Bull, and Taurus a Bull, whose bellowing its 

 note was supposed to resemble. Bittern. 



stellaris. Stella a star ; spotted, starred. Common Bittern. 



Mohoko. A proper name. American Bittern. 



minutus. Small, minute. Little Bittern. 



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