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IV W. 260. 15, 453. II, ZJA. 241. 60 : noctua, ule : TVIV. 260. 16 : ululu ~ ; 

 Cp. N. 138 : noctua, ulula ~ ; JE. Gl. 307. II : noctua uel strix ~ ; WW. 543. 

 4 : (noctua) uel strix, uel bubo ~ ; 286. lO : noctua uel stfix, uel cauanna ~ ; 

 131. 17 : strix uel cauanna, uel noctua, uelulula ~ ; C^. C. 119 : cauanni, ulae ; 

 U. 238 : ulula ~ ; Z^w. 11. 16: ne ete ne ulan ; WW. 373. 23, 514. 13, Hpt. 

 Gl. 526. 62 : cauannarum, ulena ; WW. 287. 9 : bubo, ule. 



2. huf, uuf. Owl. The word occurs both in OE. and 

 OHG. with and without the initial h, as OE. huf, uf; 

 OHG. huwo, uwo. 



WW. 157. 28: sublinguium, huf; 358. 36, Cp. B. 206 : bubo, uuf; Ep.-Er. 

 142, Er. 161 : bubu ~ ; Ep. 161 : i»/o ~ ; &. Gr. 48. 17. note : hie vultur, 

 tSes uf. 



Ord. Accipitres. Birds of Prey. 

 Sub. Ord. Pandiones. Ospreys. 



Gen. Pandion. Ospreys. 



XXIX. herefong. Osprey {^pandion haliaetus); <^ here, 

 army + fong, booty. 



The osprey formerly bred in England, but its numbers 

 have diminished so rapidly that it is now threatened with 

 extinction. 



WW. 258. 8, 460. 18: ossifragus, herefong ; ZdA. 241. 66: osigragus, 

 herhfong. 



Sub. Ord, Falcones. True Raptorial Birds. 

 F. Vulturidse. Vultures. 



XXX. I. earngeat. Vulture; <^earn, eagle + geat, 

 goat. It is glossed arpa {harpe) = Gr, apirr), vulture. 

 Only two species of vulture have been known to occur in 

 England, the griffon vulture and the egyptian vulture. 



WW. 2S4. 4., Ep. 40: arpa, earngeat; WW. 258. 4, 351. 14: ~ eargeat ; 

 Qt. A. 759 : ~earngeot; ZilA. 239. 8: ~ arngeat ; WW. 117. 24: ~ seren- 

 geat ; Er. 40 : ~ aerngeup ; Li/. 207 : ~ arngeus ; Cp. A. 862 : asapa, earn- 

 geat; WW. 132. 19: uultur, earngeap. 



2. glw. Vulture. Notwithstanding the fact that gziv 

 is given in OE. dictionaries as a variation of eow, griffin, 

 the two words seem to have different significations in the 

 OE. glosses. £ow is undoubtedly the griffin ; it appears 

 under the head of animals {WJV. 118. 37, 320. 4) with the 



