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sounds like skui. The name Ai'ctic Skua seems to occur 

 first in Fleming (1828) ; it is the Arctic Gull and Black- 

 toed Gull of Pennant, while the name Richardson's Skua 

 is first found in Jenyns (1835), and was adopted by Yarrell 

 in his first edition. 

 Arctic Tern [No. 420]. A more northern species in our Islands 

 than the COMMON TERN. It was first distinguished by 

 Briinnich in 1764, but was not noticed by our British ornitho- 

 logists until well into the 19th centur3^ It is mentioned 

 by Fleming (2nd ed. 1840), but he considered it only a 

 variety of the Common Tern, and the bird seems to be 

 first admitted under the name of Ai'ctic Tern by Yarrell in 

 1843. For derivation of Tern, see COMMON TERN. 



Arling or Arlyng : The WHEATEAR. Occurs in Turner 

 (1544), in Gesner and in Merrett. 



Arnt, Arent. Given by Aldrovandus as Enghsh names for 

 an Eagle; no doubt equivalent to " Erne." 



ARR.4N AKE : The RED-THROATED DIVER. The " ake " 

 is equivalent to auk. Swainson says it is so-called " about 

 Luss in Dumbarton." 



Arsfoot: The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Merrett, Wil- 

 lughby.) The LITTLE GREBE is the Small Arsfoot of 

 Willughby. Cognate with Dutch arsvocte, from the back- 

 ward position of the legs. 



AsAU, AusA. GaeHc names for the GANNET ; the former is 

 used in the western isles, and the latter on the mainland 

 (Graham). 



AsGELL-ARiAN. A Welsh name for the CHAFFINCH ; lit. 

 " silver wing." 



AsGELL-HiR : The SWIFT. (North Wales) lit. " long wing." 



Ash-coloured Buzzard, or Falcon, or Harrier. See MON- 

 TAGU'S HARRIER. It is the Ash-coloured Falcon of 

 Montagu, formerly supposed to be the discoverer of the 

 species. 



Ash-coloured Heron, or Hern, or Hernshaw : The COMMON 

 HERON. (Merrett.) Hett applies the first name to the 

 NIGHT-HERON, but Merrett's bird is obviously the 

 COM^ION HERON. 



Ash-coloured Loon: The GREAT-CRESTED GREBE. 

 (Willughby.) 



Ash-coloured Sandpiper. The IvNOT in Avinter-plumage 

 was separated under this name by Pennant and other 

 writers up to Montagu (1804), who however remarked that 



