•lo Whitman, [Vol. II 



2. scric. Missel-thrush or mistletoe-thrush {turdus visci- 

 varus); also called screech or screech-bird. This word is 

 given by Sweet as a shrike, but in OE. it is usually glossed 

 by the L. turdus, a thrush, and probably referred to the 

 missel-thrush. In support of this supposition I quote the 

 folloVving from the Diet, of Birds : 'There can be little 

 doubt that the name scrlc, signifying a bird that screeches 

 or shrieks, applied originally to the mistletoe-thrush, 

 known to Carleton in 1688 as screitch, and to Willughby 

 as shrite, a name it still bears in some parts of England, 

 to say nothing of cognate forms such as screech-bird and 

 shir I.' 



WW. 131. 36, 260. 29, 286. 22, Cp. T. 324, Ep. 1013 : turdus, scric ; Er. 

 1013, &. Gl. 307. note : ~ scree ; Ld. 213 : ~ scruc ; ZdA. 241. 65 : structio, 

 scric. 



3. stint. Thrush. Zupitza says this form is for scrlc. 



ZdA. 241. 55 : turdus, stint. 



4. feldefare. Fieldfare {turdus pilaris); <^feld, field + 

 /aran,togo. ME. /eid/are, fe/de/are. Not the same word 

 or bird, as often alleged, as the OE. felofor, a kind of 

 waterfowl, the derivation of which is uncertain (cf. Cent. 

 Diet). 



WW. 287. 17 : scorellus uelbugium, clodharaer and feldeware. 



5. clodhamer. Fieldfare. 



WW. 287. 17: scorellus uel bugiutn, clodhamer and feldeware. 



Gen. Merula. Blackbirds. 



XVIII. osle. Blackbird {merula merula); also called 

 ouzel, ousel, and amzel. The long stands for an or am. 



ME. osel ; OHG. amsala, amisala ; G. amsel. 



WW. 260. 26 : merula, osle ; Cp. M. 165 : ~ oslg ; Ep.-Er. 665 : ~ oslae. 



Gen. Daulias. Nightingales. 



XIX. I. nihtegale. Nightingale {daulias luseinia) ; lit. 

 'singer of the night'; <[ niht, night + *gale, -^galan, to 

 sing. Also very rarely night-raven. 



