70 CORVIDvE. 



Corvus frugilegus. KOOK. 



Corvus frugilegus, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 156 (1766). 



Corvus frugilegus,, Naum. ii. p. 78 ; Macg. i. p. 535 ; Hewit- 

 son, p. 226 ; Gray, p. 87 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 91 ; id. ed. 3, 

 ii. p. 95 ; Newton, ii. p. 289 ; Gould, iii. pi. 60; Harting, 

 p. 31 ; Dresser, iv. p. 551. 



Rook, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 91. 



Frugilegus = fruit-gathering, a poetical epithet of the ant in Ovid, Metam. 

 vii. 624 ; from fruges + lego. 



Resident and locally migrant throughout the whole of the 

 mainland of the United Kingdom, rarer towards the extreme 

 north, and only known as a straggler to most of the Scotch 

 Isles. It occurs throughout Europe, and ranges into Central 

 Asia and North-western India. 



Corvus corax. KAVEN. 



Corvus Corax, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 155 (1766). 



Corvus corax, Naum. ii. p. 43; Macg. i. p. 498; Hewitson, 

 p. 220; Gray, p. 86 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 61 ; id. ed. 3, ii. 

 p. 65 ; Newton, ii. p. 259 ; Gould, iii. pi. 57 ; Harting, 

 p. 30 ; Dresser, iv. p. 567. 



Raven, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 63. 



Corax = Kopa.%, a Raven or Crow, in classical authors. Akin to our " Rook," 

 from the root fcpww = I caw, Kapnaipu) = I ring. 



Resident in some of the wilder parts of the interior and on 

 the coasts of England ; more frequent in Scotland, especially 

 on the west coast, and in Ireland. It is found throughout 

 the Palsearctic and Nearctic Regions. 



Section OSCINES SCUTELLIPLANTARES. 



Family ALAUDID^E. 

 Genus ALAUDA, Linnaus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 287 (1766). 



Alauda = the Sky -Lark, in Pliny, N. H. xi. 44 ; said to be a Celtic word, 

 meaning " great songstress," from al = high or great, and aud = a song. Cf. 

 French alouette, Breton al'choueder. 



