S14 THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN^ 



Colin, (Ortix.) 

 Virginian Colin Ortix borealis. 



ORDER V. 



Swimmers.-^Natatore8. 



Puck Family,— (Anatid-s.) 



Canada Goose Anser canadensis 



Cape Goose Anser capensis 



Swan, (Cignus.) 

 Mute Swan Cignus olor 



Carin, (Carina.) 

 Musk Carin Carina moschata 



Woodard, (Dendronessa.) 

 Tufted "Woodard Dendronessa sponsa 



Gambo, (Gambo.) 

 Spurwinged Gambo Gambo galaria 



Pelican Family, — (Pelicanid^.) 

 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 



^Cormorant, (Cormoranus.) 

 Crested Cormorant Cormoranus cristatus 



Gull Family, — (Larid^.) 

 Skua, (Lestris.) 

 Richardson Skua Lestris obscurus 



Petrel, (Thalassidroma.) 

 Surl Petrel Thalassidroma wilsonia. 



In the foregoing list I have strictly attended to the rule laid 

 down in the twenty-sixth volume of The Mirror, page 69 : '^ Each 

 genus should have an English name peculiar to itself." It is not 

 essential that the generic name should have any meaning ; perhaps, 

 indeed, it is preferable that it should not. Thus, Abern or Abarn 

 (Neqfron), Fauvet (Ficeduld), Snipe (Scolopax), Duck (Anas), 

 &c., have no meaning ; but they answer their purpose as well as, 

 and, perhaps, better than, the following names, which have a mean- 

 ing: — Shearwater (Procellaria), Diver (Colimbus), Creeper (Cer. 

 tkiaj, Longbeak ( Macroramphus ) , &c. With regard to specific 

 names, I have avoided, as much as possible, taking them from the 



