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In classification and nomenclature I have followed R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe's Hand-Book of the Birds of Great Britain. 



More exhaustive works on the subject are those of 

 Macgillivray, Yarrell, and Seebohm. I have attempted to 

 make use of all accessible material, though no doubt some 

 references have escaped notice, especially under the gen- 

 eral term fug'ol. 



For the poetry the references are to the Grein-Wiilker 

 Bibliothek. The prose references are generally to page 

 and line, sometimes to section and line. 



Most of the abbreviations require no explanation. The 

 following key will cover all cases which are likely to 

 cause difficulty. 



M. Gl. ) 

 „ _ \ ^Ifric's Grammalik und Glossar, ed. Zupitza. 



Cp. Corpus Glossary, ed. Hessels. 



Ep. Epinal i. Glossary— Sweet's Oldest English Texts. 



Er. Erfurt i 



Exod. Poem of Exodus. 



Exod. Prose version of Exodus in Grein's Bibliothek der Ags. Prosa. 



Gen. Poem of Genesis. 



Gen. Prose version of Genesis in Grein's Bibliothek der Ags. Prosa. 



Gu. Poem of Guthlac. 



Hpt. Gl. Glosses in Haupt's Zeitschrift filr deutsches Altertum, vol. 9. 



(1853)- 

 Ld. Leiden Glossary, in Sweet's Oldest English Texts. 

 St. Guth. Life of St. Guthlac, ed. Goodwin. 



WW. Wnght-VfiX\kei's Old English Vocabularies. Second Edition. 

 ZdA. Glosses in Zeitschrift fur deutsches Altertum, vol. 33. 

 The sign ~ is used to avoid repetition of the preceding word. 

 B is used for both J) and 5. 



I. Indigenous Wild Species. 



Ord. Passeriformes. Perching Birds. 



F. Corvidae. Crows. 



Sub. F. Corvinae. True Crows. 



Gen. Trypanocorax. Rooks. 



I. hroc. Rook {trypanocorax frugilegus) ; of imitative 

 origin, meaning a croaker. 



ME. rook, roc, rok; OHG. hruoh (cf. G. ruckert, a jack- 

 daw) ; Icel. hrokr; cf. Goth, hrukjan, to crow. 



