88 liUlTISH HIUDS. [vol. vi. 



Noctua, the common Gray 0\\1. 



Strix, the Scritch Owl [the Tawny Owl]. 



Aluco niinoi- of Aidro\andus. tlie White Owl, or Church- 



Owl [the Barn-OwlJ. 

 Nyctieorax.the Night-Raven, and this seems the same as 



the Caprimulgus of others [the Nightjar]. 

 Vespertiho, a Bat or Fhtter mouse [classed among the 

 birds by most of the earlier WTiters]. 

 Birds with thick and somewhat long and straight beaks 

 among us are : — 



Corvus, the Raven, among our folk the Corbei. 



Corvus Cinereus. Is this a kind of Vulture ? 



Corvus minor, the Carrion-Crow. 



Corvus semicinereus. Is this the Hooded Crow of our 



country people 'i 

 Cornix — the Chough. 

 Spermologus frugivoi'us, the Rook. 

 Cornix Aquatica. 

 Coracias, the Cornwall Kae. 

 The frequent crowing of Choughs foretells showers. 



Graculus, or Monedula, a Jackdaw, a Kae. 

 Concerning the Pica tribe : — 



Pica varia Caudata [the Magpie]. 

 Pica Glandaria, the Jay (Glandaria=acorn-eating). 

 Among Woodpeckers the following are found with us : — 

 Woodpeckers have a straight, hard, angular and sharp 

 pointed beak, adapted for boring trees ; their feet have two 

 claws in front and two behind. They feed solely on insects. 

 Pic us viridis [the Green Woodpecker — this bird is very 



rare in Scotland, as are also the two next mentioned]. 

 Picus varius minor [the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker]. 

 Picus Cinereus [the Nuthatch, cf. Willughbv's Ornithology 

 1, 142]. 

 Accompanying the above is : — 



Upupa [the Hoopoe] in the Mei-se* and Orkneys. On 

 its head it has a crest two fingers breadth in height. A 

 fine description of it is given by the learned Willughby 

 in his Ornithology, Book 2, ]). 100, and a figure of the 

 bird is to be found on plate 24 of that work. 

 The Fish-eating land birds among us are : — 



Ispida, the Kings-fisher [the old form of our modern 

 Kingfisher]. 



* The Mer.se = " Marcia : The Country of the Mei-s or March, coiu- 

 monly called the Sheriffdom of Berwick. " 



