28 EARLY ANNALS OF ORNITHOLOGY 
while his man has another which he is about to cast off at 
some Wild Ducks on a lake or river, beside which an un- 
mistakable Crane, in adult plumage as shown by its elevated 
tertials, is stooping to feed, unconscious of any danger. 
Names of Animals.—No account of the tenth century 
would be complete without a reference to certain Saxon lists 
of animals’ names.* The principal one is known to Saxon 
scholars as Archbishop A‘lfric’s Vocabulary, and was probably 
compiled for educational purposes. This singular list, and 
another Vocabulary of slightly later date, perhaps in part 
drawn up from the first, contain the names of nearly one 
hundred birds. But it is not stated or implied by their 
compilers that they are all British species: nor can they be, 
for the Ostrich, Vulture, and Pelican are included. These 
catalogues, giving the Latin and Saxon names, are by no 
means valueless, but at the same time the identity of some 
of the species is obscure. 
The following are some of those named— 
Cignus, ylfete. Mergus, scealfr. 
Pauo, pawe. Mergulus, fugeldoppe. 
Aquila, earn. Auca, gos. 
Beacita, stearn. Aucarius, goshafue. 
Cornix, crawe. Anser, ganra. 
Olor, swan. Anas, ened. 
Ardea, hragra. Ciconia, store. 
Ficedula, swertling. Rubisca, rudduc. 
Strix, ule. Auricinctus, goldfine. 
Lucinia, nightegale. Alauda, lauerce. 
The Colloquy of ilfric.—What is called The Colloquy 
of Ailfric is a series of dialogues for educational purposes, 
between a master and his pupils, which after being privately 
printed from Cottonian MSS., was published by Mr. T. 
Wright in “ Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies.” + 
From this dialogue a passage about hawking, which was 
partly translated by the late Professor Newton for my father, 
may be appropriately extracted. t 
* Edited and collated by T. Wright in 1857, second edition 1884, 
t P. 88. 
¢ This hawking dialogue is also given in ‘‘ A Perfect Booke for Kepinge 
of Sparhawkes or Goshawkes,” edited by J. E. Harting. 
