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_ The Ruff (Philomachus)— Philos, fond of; mache, fighting. 
Bartram’s Sandpiper (Actitis)—Actites, a frequenter of the Sea Shore. 
Green Sandpiper (Chloropus)—Chlorus, green; pous, foot. 
The Greenshank (Glottis)— Glottis, the windpipe ? 
The Roseate Tern (Paradisea)—Paradeisos, Paradise ? 
The Caspian Tern (Sylocheleidon, and Hydroprogne’—Sulon, prey ; 
chelidon, a flying fish, and Hudor, water; progne, swallow. 
The Swift Tern of Roupell (Velox)— Velox, swift. 
The Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon)—Gelo, laughter; chelidon, swallow 
Boys’ Sandwich Tern (Actochelidon)—Acte, Seashore; chelidon, swallow 
The Whiskered Tern (Leucopareia)—Leucos, white ; pareia, cheek. 
The Black Tern (Fissipes)—Fissum, a slit ; pes, a foot. 
The Ivory Gull (Cetosparactes)—Cetum, a whale ; sparrasso, I pull to . 
pieces. 
The Black-headed Gull (Capistratus, and Chroicocephalus)—Capistrum, 
a headstall ; and Chroo, to discolour; cephalon, the head. 
The Little Gull (Hydrocolceus)—Hudor, water ; coloios, a jackdaw- 
The Pomatorhine Skua (Lestris)—Lestris, a robber ; (the Skuas rob the 
Gulls of their fish.) 
Buffon’s Skua (Longicaudus)—Longus, long ; cauda, a tail. 
The Storm Petrel (Thalassidroma)—Thalasse, the Sea; dromos, a 
runner. 
The Great Northern Diver (Eudytes)—Eu, clever ; dutes, a diver. 
The Red-necked Grebe (Rubricollis)— Ruber, red ; collum, a neck. 
The Puffin (Mormon)—Mormon, an ugly mask. 
