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Birds rejected from ‘The British List’ as doubtful. 
The Griffon Vulture. Grey-headed Yellow Wagtail. 
American Red-legged Hawk. Middle Spotted Woodpecker. 
The Saw-whet Owl. Three-toed Woodpecker. 
The American Screech Owl. The Virginian Quail. 
(or Mottled Owl.) The Soudan Crane. 
Siberian Ground Thrush. Schinz’s Sandpiper. 
The Dusky Bulbul. Ross’s Gull. 
White-collared Flycatcher. The Laughing Gull. 
Ruby Crowned Wren. The Cape Petrel. 
Cetti’s Warbler. Spur-winged Goose. 
The Mocking Bird. Bar-headed Goose. 
American Grey Shrike. Chinese Goose. 
The Cedar Waxwing. Lesser White-fronted Goose. 
The Little Bunting. The Trumpeter Swan. 
Black-headed Bunting. The Black Swan. 
Red-rumped Swallow. The Blue-winged Teal. 
Chestnut-bellied Swallow. 
Conjectural Derivations of Synonyms 
NOT EXPLAINED IN THE B.O.U. LIST. 
I have taken upon me to append a list of what I 
conjecture to be the derivation of those synonyms in the 
B.O.U. List which are not given there, and, for the bene- 
fit of those who have not learnt the Greek symbols, I have 
used English letters for the Greek roots. 
The Greek words ave printed in English Letters, for obvious 
veasons. 
White’s Thrush (Oreocincla)—Cinclos, a Wagtail; Oreos, of the 
Mountain. 
The Blue Rock-thrush (Petrocossyphus)—Petron, arock ; Cossyphus, a 
Black-bird. 
The White-spotted Blue Throat (Leucocyana)—Leucos, white ; cuanos, 
blue. 
The Chiff-chaff (Phyllopneuste)—Phulleia, leaves; pneo, to breath; 
(live among). 
