No. 2] The Birds of Old English Literature 9 



F. Sylviidae. Warblers. 



Gen. Sylvia. True Warblers. 



XV. I. sugga. Warbler; <^sugan, to suck, though the 

 analogy is not clear. This word is variously interpreted 

 as titlark, wagtail, garden warbler, etc., but it was appar- 

 ently a name for the members of the genus Sylvia. It is 

 glossed ficedula, which is the Ital. becafico, lit. fig-pecker, 

 sometimes identified with the pettychaps and blackcaps 

 of England. The Stand. Diet, says that sugga is an old 

 name for the garden warbler ; the Diet, of Birds says ' An 

 old name apparently for any small bird, that seems still 

 to survive in places for the hedge-sparrow.' 



WW. 403. 18, Er. 422 : ficetula, sucga ; WW. 286. 18, Cp. F. 176, Ep. 422 : 

 ~ sugga ; Ld. 2l8 : ~ suca ; Cod. Dip. 3. 437. 27 : to sucgan graf. 



2. swertling. Warbler. In the single instance in which 

 it occurs swertlingis glossed the same as sugga, a warbler. 

 Sweet and Hall suggest titlark as a possible interpretation. 



WW. 131. 15 : ficedula, swertling. 



F. Turdidae. Thrushes. 



XVI. I. Srysce. Thrush. M'E,.tkrushe,thruscke; OHG. 

 drosca. 



WW. 260. 30 : trutius, tSrisce ; ZdA. 241. 53 : sturlius, Srysce ; Cp. F. 314 : 

 truUius, Sraesce. 



2. t5ryssce. Thrush. This form is defined as ostrich 

 by Bosworth-ToUer, but it is undoubtedly a variation of 

 "Srysce ; in the gloss it follows "Qrostle and scrlc, both mean- 

 ing thrush. 



WW. 286. 23 : strutio, Sryssce. 



Gen. Turdus. True Thrushes. 



XVII. I. Srostle. Throstle or Song Thrush {turdus 

 musicus). ME. thristill, throstel. Cognate with the form 

 f>rosle are OS. throssela; G. drossel. 



WW. 260. 25, ZJA. 241. 52: turdella, Srostle ; Cp. T. 313: trita '^\ M. 

 Gl. 307. 4: merula ~ ; WW. lyz. 25 : merula uel plara, Brosle ; Ep.-Er. loii : 

 turdella, throstlae ; Z</. 205 : drostlae; M. ff. 2. 156. 22: witodlice an blac 

 tJrostle flicorode ymbe his neb ; Cod. Dip. 5. 343. 3 : of 3am lea on JSrostlan wyl. 



