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2. salthaga. Redbreast. 



fVPV. 286. II : rubisca, salthaga uel ladduc ; ZdA. 241. 43: ~ salthaga. 



3. rxdda. Redbreast; -thread, red. 



Cp. R. 258 : rubisca, raedda, rabisca. 



F. Accentoridse. Accentors. 



Gen. Tharrhaleus. Hedge- Accentors. 



XXI. hegesugge. Hedge-sparrow {tharrhaleus modu- 

 larise; <^hege, hedge + sugge, a warbler, <^sugan, to suck. 

 The bird is still called haysuck in Gloucestershire. E. 

 Dial, hazock, hazeck, hayjack ; ME. haisugge, heisugge, heysoge. 



WW. 131. 34; cicada, uicetula, hegesugge ; Zd.4.. 241. 48: ficitula, haeg- 

 sugga. 



F. Troglodytidse. Wrens. 



Gen. Anorthura. True Wrens. 



XXII. I. wfccnna. Wren {anorthura troglodytes); also 

 dial. wran. ME. wrenne, wranne. The literal meaning is 

 the ' lascivious bird.' ' The wren figures largely in Eng- 

 lish folk lore, and has a host of local, provisional, or 

 familiar names, with wren expressed or implied' {Cent. 

 Diet.). 



WW. 286. 16, ZdA. 241. 59 : bitorius, wraenna ; WW. 543. 6 : parrax ~ ; 

 132. 24 : -^ wrenna, hicemase ; 131. 33 : bitorius uel pintorus, wrenna ; 195. 2 : 

 bitorius, bitriscus ~ ; 358. 12 : bitorius, wserna ; Cp. B. 136 : birbicariolus, 

 werna ; WW. 361. 16: biturius, wrsenna. 



2. yrt51ing. Wren. This word is interpreted as cuckoo 

 by some lexicographers, because in two instances it is 

 glossed cucuzata. It is true that the verb cucusare is given 

 by Du Cange as the word properly belonging to the note 

 of the cuckoo, but in the OE. glosses it is also used to 

 gloss lapwing. Moreover yr'^ling is usually glossed the 

 same as wrcenna, wren. 



WW. 260. 23, 367. 33 : cucuzata, ircSIing ; 260. 31 : birbicariolus ~ ; 358. II : 

 ~yr51ing; 361. 14: berbigarulus uel tanticus '^ \ 286.26: birbicaliolus uel 

 tanticus, eorSling ; 132. 31 : tanticus, aerSling ; Cp. B. 137 : bitorious, erdling ; 

 ZdA. 241. 56 : birbiacaliolus , eortSIinc. 



