74 NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Nycticorax. N^ the night, and xop«| a Raven. Nighthern. 



Europceus. European. Common Nighthern. 



Ardea. \_Arduus, high, lofty, with allusion to flight — Ed.] Heron. 



garzetta. Egret Heron. 



alba. White. White Heron. 



russata. Russeus, flesh or buff-coloured. Buff-backed Heron. 



purpurea. Purple. Purple Heron. 



cinerea. Cinereous, ash-coloured. Common Heron. 



ralloides. Resembling a Rail- Squacco Heron. 



aquatica. That frequents the water. Aquatic. 



Crex. Kpt|. A Crake. Crake. 



pratensis. Of or belonging to Meadows. Meadow Crake. 



porzana. Spotted Crake. 



Gallinula. Gallinule. 



— pusilla. Very small. Little Gallinule. 



Foljambei- So called after Mr. Foljambe, Foljambe's Gallinule. 



ckloropus. XXufos green, and ttws a foot. Common Gallinule. 



Fulica. \_Fuligo, blackness. — Ed.] . Coot, 



atra. Black. Common Coot. 



Phalaropus. ^oCKxgis a sea bird, supposed to be the same as our Phalarope. 

 Phalarope. 



hyperboreus. Northern: Red Phalarope. 



i lobatus. having lobed or semipalmated feet. Grey Phalarope. 



Podiceps. Pes, a foot, and capio, to catch. Halt, lame, limping, as this bird 

 appears when on the land, out of its proper element. Grebe. 



minor. Lesser. Little Grebe. 



rubricollis. Having a red neck. Rednecked Grebe. 



■ cornutus. Horned. Horned Grebe. 



auritus. Eared. Eared Grebe. 



i cristatus. Crested. Crested Grebe. 



Uria. A bird supposed to be the present. Guillemot. 



troile. Foolish Guillemot. 



grylle. TfvXXv, a grunting sort of note, which this bird has. Black 



Guillemot. 



alle. A\kn, another, a different one, a second. 



Colymbus. KoXt^/Saw, to dive. Diver. 



septentrionalis. Northern. Red-throated Diver. 



glacialis. Belonging to the icy regions. Northern Diver. 



arcticns. Arctic Black-throated Diver. 



