zx O^^lTHOLOgT. Book I. 



having no particular Englifhname, that we know of, we have impofed this upon it. 

 Thefe Birds are called alfo in Latine Colluriones, and in Englifh by Dr. Turner 

 Shrikes. It is common to all thefe Butcher-Birds to have black bridles about their 

 bills. 



The Cuckow, Cuculm. Who becaufe he preys only upon the Eggs of Birds, 

 (and is therefore purfued, not attended, as is faid, by the Moor^titling ) or their 

 young ones in the Neft, hath fmall and weaker Beak and Talons, and therefore dis- 

 appears in Winter, whenfiich food is not to be had. I have known one kept with all 

 imaginable care, but ( whether through alteration of food, or fome other caufe) 

 before Winter, fhe grew torpid, broke out in fcabs, and died. The young one is 

 curioufly fpotted. I have feen one in Harveft partly fpotted, partly cinereous. 

 Mr.Johnfon* 



Rapacious Nocturnal Birds. 



The Ho r n-O w L, Otusfwe No&ua aurita, called alfo by the Latines Afw ac- 

 cording to Pliny. 



The Common W hite Ow L, or Barn-Owl? this Mr. Jo hnfon calls the Church- 

 Owl, by which name the Low Dutch alfo call a fort of Owl. 



TheB r o w n or I v y-O w L,and from its fchreeking noife ^Screech- 

 Owl Strix Aldrov. 



The Grey Owl, asbig as the former. Dr. Charleton in his Onomafiicon Zoicon. 

 attributes the Englifh name Gilt-hooter to this Bird, which is, I fuppofe, a general name 

 of allOWx. 



The Fern O w l, or Churn-Owl, or Goat-fucker. Caprimulgus. In the moun- 

 tainous woods in the Peah^ of Derbyjldire, the Weft Riding of Terkcjhire, mShropJlJre, 

 and many other places, all over England. 



The Crow Kind. 



The Raven, Corvus. This often deftroys young Lambs,firft picking out their 

 eyes $ is of very quick fent, and by fome trained up as a Hawk for fowling. 



The Common or Carrion Crow. This is not much more than half fo big as the 

 former, otherwife very like it. It feeds upon flefh and dead carcafles, in want where- 

 of it will eat corn. 



TheRo o K, Comix frugilega. It is diftinguifhed from the Crow, to which other- 

 * in the chap- wife it is very like, by its white beak and being gregarious, befides other notes * af- 

 Rook thC terwards to be mentioned. 



The Royston Crow, Comix cinerea fiugilega. Common in Cambridge- 

 shire, about Newmarkgt and Royflon. Mt.Johnfon calls it the Sea-Crow and faith it 

 is frequent about Stockton in the Bifhoprick of Durefm, near the mouth of the River 

 Tees. 



The Jack-daw, Monedula five Lupus Aldrov. This alfo feeds promifcuoufly 

 upon fleih,corn,feeds,infe£r.s,d^. In the ftomachof a young one taken out of the neft, 

 befides feveral forts of infects, we found among divers other feeds many grains of 

 Wheat, Rye,€^c. 



The Cornish Chough, Coracias, called alfo Pyrrhocorax, though Aldrovan- 

 dus would have thefe to be diftinct Birds. It is found not only in Cornwal, but alfo all 

 along the Weft coaft of Wales. 



The Pie, Magpie, or Piannet, Pica varia feu caudata, called alfo (imply Pica. 



The Jay, Pica glandaria. This Bird is very greedy of Cherries,he feeds alfo upon 

 Maft, as the La tine name imports. 



The Woodpecker-Kind. 



The Green Woodpecker, or WoodJ^ite, Picus •viridis. This Bird is by , 

 fome called a Heyhoe,, which name is, I fuppofe, corrupted from Hewhole, as Turner 

 faith it was called \i\Englifh in his time, and Mr. Johnfonnow. By others it is called 

 Rain-fowl, becaufe its cry when more frequent and fhrill than ordinary is thought a 

 Prognoftic of riain. 



The Greater Spotted Woodpecker, or WhitwaU, Picus varius 

 major. 



The 



