70 CORVID^. ALAUDID^. 



Corvus frugilegus. Eook. 



Corvus frugilegusj LAnnaus, S. N. i. p. 156 (1766) . 



Corvus frugilegus, Naum. ii. p. 78 ; Macg. i. p. 535 ; Hewit- 

 son, p. 226 ; Gray, p. 87 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 91 ; id. ed. 3, 

 ii. p. 95 J Newton, ii. p. 289; Gould, iii. pi. 60; Harting, 

 p. 31 ; Dresser, iv. p. 551. 



Rook, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 91. 



Frugilegus = fruit-gathering, a poetical epithet of the ant in Ovid, Metam. 

 Tii. 624 ; from fruges + lego. 



Resident and locally migrant throughout the whole of the 

 mainland of the United Kingdom, rarer towards the extreme 

 north, and only known as a straggler to most of the Scotch 

 Isles. It occurs throughout Europe, and ranges into Central 

 Asia and North-western India. 



Corvus corax. Kaven. 



Corvus Corax, Linnteus, S.N. i. p. 155 (1766) . 

 Corvus corax, Naum. ii. p. 43; Macg. i. p. 498; Hewitson, 



p. 220; Gray, p. 86 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 61 ; id. ed. 3, ii. 



p. 65; Newton, ii. p. 259; GomM, iii. pi. 57; Harting, 



p. 30; Dresser, iv. p. 567. 

 Raven, Yarr, ed. 1, ii. p. 63. 



CSrax = Kopa?, a Eaveu or Crow, in classical authors. AMn to our " Eook," 

 from the root Kp<l)Zu> = I caw, KapKaipw = I ring. 



Resident in some of the wilder parts of the interior and on 

 the coasts of England ; more frequent in Scotland, especially 

 on the west coast, and in Ireland. It is found throughout 

 the Palsearctic and Nearctic Regions. 



Section OSCINES SCUTELLIPLANTARES. 



Family ALAUDID^. 



Genus ALAUDA, Linnmus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 287 (1766). 



Alauda = the Sty-Lart, in Pliny, N. H. xi. 44 ; said to be a Celtic word, 

 meaning " great songstress," from al = high or great, and aud = a song. Cf. 

 French alouette, Breton al'choueder. 



