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Crossbill, (Crucirostra vulgaris, Steph:) instead of 

 these I should recommend Sky Lark [Alauda arven- 

 sis, Lin.,) Spotted Starling (Sturnus varius, Meyer, 

 and Pippin Crossbill, {Crucirostra malum) A 

 striking instance of the inappropriateness of Common 

 as a specific term is the Corn Bunting (E. miliaria, 

 Lin.,) usually called Common Bunting, a bird which 

 can scarcely be met with in these parts. And even 

 supposing a bird to be common throughout Britain, 

 it may either be very scarce or not to be found at all 

 in other countries. 2nd: the specific distinction 

 should not be taken from the size of birds : as Great 

 Snipe (Scolopax major, Gmel.) Great Lark (Alauda 

 magna, Wils.,) Great Tit, (Parus major, Lin.,) 

 Little Grebe (Podiceps minor, Lath.,) Lesser Wood- 

 pecker, (Picus minor, Lin.,) &c. ; these birds might 

 be called, the Solitary Snipe (Scolopaa; solitarius,) 

 the Crescent Starret* (Sturella ludoviciana,} the 

 Garden Tit (Parus hortensis,) the River Grebe 

 (Podiceps Jturiatilis), and the Barred Woodpecker 

 (Picus virgatus.) 3rd: sjjecific names should not 

 be taken from some genus which the species is sup- 

 posed to resemble, as Kestril-like Falcon, (Falco 

 tinnunculoides) Pail-like Crake, (Crex ralloides.) 

 4th : the name of a country in which a bird is 

 found should not be given as a distinctive appella- 

 tion, as Bohemian Waxwing (Bombicilla Bohemica, 

 Bris.,) European Dipper (Cinclus Europeus, Steph.) 



* See Swainson's Norilicm Zoology, part II, p. 282. 



