76 NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Thalassidroma Bullockii. So called after Mr. Bullock. Forktail Petrel. 

 Puffinus. Shearwater. 



cinereus. Ash-coloured, cinereous. Grey Shearwater. 



Anglorum. Of the English (coasts). Manks Shearwater. 



Procellaria. Procetta, a storm, which the Fulmar is erroneously supposed by 

 sailors to forerun. Fulmar. 



glacialis. Belonging to the icy regions. Northern Fulmar. 



Mergus. Mergo, to dive. Merganser. 



cucullatus. Hooded. Hooded Merganser. 



albellus. Aldus, white. Smew Merganser. 



serrator. Serra, a saw, from the notched appearance of its bill. 



Red-breasted Merganser. 



merganser. Compounded of mergus, and Anser, a Goose. Com- 



mon Merganser. 

 Cygnus. Swan. 



ferus. Wild, savage. Whistling Swan. 



A Swan. 



Bewichii. So named after the immortal Bewick. Bewick's Swan. 



Anser. Goose. 



ruficollis. Red-necked. Red-breasted Goose. 



— ferus. Wild, savage. Bean Goose. 



albifrons. White-fronted. White-fronted Goose. 



brenta. A name coined for the Brent Goose. Brent Goose. 



Bernicla. A coined word for the Bernacle Goose. Bernacle Goose" 



Somateria. 2o>/*a a body, and tpw, wool or down. Eider. 



molUssima: Most soft. Common Eider. 



spectabilis. Handsome, worthy to be admired. King Eider. 



Chauliodus. XxvXidSovs, having prominent teeth ? The name, in my opinion, 

 would be more appropriate to the Shoveller. Gadwall. 



strepera. Noisy, clamourous. Common Gadwall. 



Tadorna. Shieldrake. 



rutila. Ruddy, ferruginous. Ruddy Shieldrake. 



— : vuljoanser. \Vulpes, a Fox, and Anser, a Goose; from the Fox-colour 



on the breast. —Ed.] Common Shieldrake. 

 Anas. Duck. 

 — boschas. [Bosco, a wood ; from the partiality of the bird to wooded 



islands. — Ed.] Common Duck. 

 Spathulea. Spathula, a spatula, which surgeons use ; shaped somewhat like 



the bill of this bird. Shoveller. 

 clypeata. Armed with a shield. Common Shoveller. 



