CHAPTER I. 



THE NAMES OF THE BIRDS, 



HEREUNDER are the names which our country's birds bear in 

 this book. They have many other names, both popular and 

 technical, and some of them have even shared several of these names 

 amongst them ; in fact, the synonymy of ornithology is so peculiarly 

 rich and bewildering, that the only way of avoiding confusion would 

 seem to be this, of beginning with definitions in the manner of Euclid, 

 that there may be no mistake as to what we are talking about. 



The numbers refer to the coloured plates, and are the numbers used 

 throughout. 



Alpine Accentor, 46 



Accentor collaris. 



Auk, Great, 374 



Alca impennU. 



Auk, Little, 378 



Mergulus alle. 



Avocet, 304 



Recurvirostra avocetta. 



Bee-eater, 154 



Merops apiaster. 



Bee-eater, Blue-tailed, 



Merops phihppiiius. 

 Bittern, 210 



Botaurus stellaris. 



Bittern, American, 211. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. 



Bittern, Little, 208 



Ardetta mlnuta. 



Blackbird, 9 



Merulavu'garis. 

 Blackcap, 26 



Sylvia atricapilla. 

 Bluethroat, Red-spotted, 

 20 



Cyanecula suecica. 



Bluethroat, White-spot- 

 ted, 19 



Cyanecula wolfi. 



Bramblin^, 96 



Fringilla montifringilla. 



Bullfinch, to2 



Pyrrhula europEea. 



Bunting, Black-headed, 



109 



Emberiza melanoccphala. 



Bunting, Cirl, 112 



Emberiza cirlus. 



Bunting, Corn, no 



Emberiza miliaria. 



Bunting, Lapland, 117 



Calcarius lapponicus. 

 Bunting, Little, 115 



Emberiza pusilla. 



Bunting, Ortolan, 113 



Emberiza hortulana. 



Bunting, Reed, 116 



Emberiza schceniclus. 

 Bunting, Rustic, 114 



Emberiza rustica. 



Bunting, Snow, 118 



Plectrophanes nivalis. 



Bunting, Yellow, in 



Emberiza citrinella. 



Bustard, Great, 287 



Otis tarda. 



Bustard, Little, 288 



Otis tetrax. 



Bustard, Macqueen's, 289 



Otis macquceiii. 



Buzzard, 176 



Buteo vulgaris. 

 Buzzard, Honey, i83 



Pernis apivorus. 



Buzzard, Rough-legged, 



177 

 Archibuteo lagopus. 



Canary, Wild, 90 



Serinus canarius. 



CapercaiUie, 269 



Tetrao urogallus. 



ChafSnch, 95 



Fringilla caelebs. 

 Chiffchaff, 33 



Phylloscopus rufus. 



Chough, 122 



Pyrrhocorax graculus. 



Chough, Alpine, 123 



Pyrrhocorax alpinus. 

 Coot, 284 

 Fulica atra. 



Cormorant, 199 



Phalacrocorax carbo. 



Courser.Cream-coloured, 

 292 



Cursorius gallicus. 



