A work of great interest. Ready April, 



A DICTIONARY 



OF 



ENGLISH AND FOLK-NAMES 



OF 



BRITISH BIRDS 



With their History, Meaning and first 



usage, and the Folk-Lore, Weather- Lore, 



Legends, etc., relating to the more 



familiar species. 



BY 



H. KIRKE SWANN 



About 300 Pages, Demy 8vo. Cloth, 10s. NET. 



In this Dictionary will be found:— 



(1) English Book-names, culled from past authors, 



from the earliest series in Turner on Birds (1544), Merrett's 

 Pinax (1666), Charleton's Onomasticon Zoicon (1668), and 

 Willughby & Ray's Ornithology (1678), as well as General 

 English Literature, to Albin, Edwards, Pennant, Bewick, 

 Montagu, Latham, Macgillivray, Yarrell, etc., etc. 



(2) Accepted names of the present day, with 



their history and first usage. 



(3) Provincial, Local, and Dialect Names, with 



their locality and meaning. 



(4) Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish and Irish names. 



(5) Folk-Lore, Weather-Lore, Legends, etc., 



connected with each bird. 



London : WITHERBY & CO., 326, High Holborn. 



