2 1 o love's meinie. 



No German, anywhere. 

 No Italian, anywhere. 



But of suggestions by scientific authors, 

 here are enough to choose from : — 



Lobipes Hyperboreus, G. Lobipes Hyper- 

 borea, Selby. Phalaropus Hyperboreus, Penn. 

 Phalarope Hyperbore, Temm. Phalaropus 

 Fulicaria, Mont. Phalaropus Fuscus, Bewick. 

 Phalaropus Rufescens, Briss. Red Coot-footed 

 Tringa, Edw. Red-necked Phalarope, Gould. 

 Lobe- foot, Selby. Cootfoot, Fleming. 



I am a little shocked at my own choice of 

 name in this case, not quite pleasing my 

 imagination with the idea of a Coot-footed 

 Fairy. But since Athena herself thinks it 

 no disgrace to take for disguise the likeness 

 either of a sea-gull or a swallow, a sea-fairy 

 may certainly be thought of as condescending 

 to appear with a diving bird's foot ; and the 

 rather that, if one may judge by painters* 

 efforts to give us sight of Fairyland, the 

 general character of its inhabitants is more 

 that of earthly or marine goblins than aerial 

 ones. 



Now this is strange ! At the last moment, 



