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2. cranoc. Crane. Gr. yepavoi; OHG. cranuh ; G. 

 kranich; Icel. trani (for krani). 



Cp. G. 164 : grauis, cornuc ; G. 162 : grus, gruis, cornoch. 



Ord. Charadriiformes. Bustards and Plovers. 

 Sub. Ord. Charadrii. Waders. 

 F. Charadriids. Plovers and Snipes. 

 Sub. F. Charadriins. True Plovers. 



XLIX. hulfestre. Plover. 



WW. 132. 12 : fluvialis, hulfestre ; 287. 14 : cuipella, hulfestran. 



Gen. Vanellus. Lapwings. 



L. laepewince. Lapwing {vanellus vanellus); <^ hleapany 

 to run + wince : the second part of the word is literally 

 a winker, but we must assign to the verb wink its original 

 sense which is preserved in G. wanken, to totter (cf. 

 Skeat's Diet.). Hence the word really means ' one wha 

 turns about in running,' apparently referring to the bird's 

 irregular, twitching mode of flight. ME. lapwing ; Gower, 

 lappewinke. 



WW. 260. 2, 367. 29 : cucu. hleapewiiice ; 285. 11, ZdA. 240. 26 : cucurata 

 ~ ; Cp. C. 951 : cucuzata, lepuuince ; Er. 264: ~ laepaeuincae ; Ld. 210. ~ 

 Isepiumcg : &, Gl. note : cucu, lapawinca. 



Sub. F. Scolopacinse. Snipes. 



Gen. Scolopax. Woodcocks. 



LI. I. wuducocc. Woodcock {scolopax rusticula) ; <^ 

 wudu, wood + cocc, cock. ME. wodekoc. 



WW. 258. 5 : acega, wuducocc ; ZdA. 240. 28 : ~ wudecocc ; WW. 132.. 

 20 : acegia, snite uel wudecocc. 



2. wuduhona. Woodcock ; <; wudu, wood + hana, cock. 



cp. p. 183 : fantigaium. uuduhona. 



3. holthana. Woodcock ; < holt, wood + hana, cock. 



WW. 344. 30, Ep. 41 : acega, holthana ; Cp. A. 125 : ~ holthona ; Er. 41 : 

 accega, holtana. 



