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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Guillemot = gull (a Celtic word) + mouette (French), " a 

 sea-mew." 



Puffin probably means " the little bird with the puffed-out 

 beak." The -in is a diminutive ending. 



Grebe, " the crested bird," from the Gaelic crib, a comb 

 or crest. 



Fulmar = foulmart (the polecat), in allusion, of course, to 

 the bird's strong and persistent odour. 



Petrel, or, more correctly, Peterel = St. Peter's bird — 

 so called from the appearance the bird has of walking on 

 the sea. 





