NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 75 



Alca. Auk. 



torda. Corrupted from tarda, slow ? the bird being very unwieldly in 



its make, and slow in its motion. Razorbill Auk. 



— — impennis. Wingless. Great Auk. 

 Mormon. Mop//.«, a hobgoblin, a bugbear. Puffin. 



fratercula. Common Puffin. 



Sula. From Zv\xu to rob, as the Gannet was supposed to rob other birds of 

 prey. Gannet. 



alba. White. Solan Gannet. 



Carbo. Carbo, a coal ? So called from its dingy appearance]? Cormorant. 



— cormoranus. A coined word for the Cormorant. 



1 graculus. Noisy, shrieking. 



1 cristatus. Crested. Crested Cormorant. 



Lestris. A^urpir, predatory. Skua. 



cataractes. Kxrappxurvs, a cataract or torrent. This bird darts down 



on its prey with the force of a torrent. 

 parasiticus. Parasitic ; the notion which gave rise to this name is 



exploded. Arctic Skua. 

 pomarinus. Pomarine Skua. 



Larus. Axpos, a Sea-mew or Sea Gull. Gull. 



glaucus. Glaucous. Glaucous Gull. 



marinus. Of or belonging to the sea. Black-backed Gull. 



fuscus* Dark, brown, dingy. Fuscous Gull. 



— — — tridactylus. Three-toed. Kittiwake Gull. 



ridibundns. Inclined to laugh (i. e. its note). Black-headed Gull. 



capistratus. Head-stalled, haltered. 



minutus. Small, little, minute. Little Gull. 



Sterna. Tern. 



Anglica; English. Gull-billed Tern. 



arctica. Arctic. Arctic Tern. 



hirundo. A Swallow, which bird it in some particulars resembles. 



■ Cantiaca. Kentish. Sandwich Tem. 



Dougalli. Of or belonging to Dugald? [T>iscovered*by Dr. Mac- 



dougal.— Ed.] Roseate Tem. 



Jissipes. Cloven-footed. Black Tern. 



minuta. Small, minute. Little Tern. 



Caspia. Caspian. Caspian Tern. 



Thalassidroma. ®x\cc<t™, the sea, and rpi X ^ Jifyo***, to run. From its way 

 of seeming to run on the tops of the waves. Petrel. 



— pehgica, Of or belonging to the sea. Stormy Petrel. 



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