NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS; 
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Sturnus vulgaris. Common Spotted Starling. 
Pastor. Literally a shepherd ; but how this can apply to a bird, I at present 
know not. Amzel. 
-- roseiis. Roseate or rose-coloured. Rose-coloured Amzel. 
Bomhycilia. Bomhyx^ silk, and cilia, a tail. Wax wing. Silktail. . 
--- garrula. Noisy,, chattering. Bohemian Wax wing.. 
Lanius. A Butcher. Shrike. 
- esccubitor. A Sentinel. Grey Shrike. 
- coUurio. Redbacked Shrike, 
- Tufus. Red. Wood Shrike, 
Parus. [^From parvus^ little.—^E d.] Tit.. 
- biarmicus. |[Two-barbed; from the whiskers on each side of the bill. 
■—Ed.] Bearded Tit. 
- caudatus. Cauda, a tail. Longtailed Tit. 
- palustris. Of or belonging to marshes. Marsh-Tit., 
- ater. Black. Coal Tit. 
-- cristatus. Crested. Crested Tit. 
- cseruleus. Blue or azure-coloured. Blue^Tit, 
—-— major. Greater or larger. Garden Tit. 
Regulus. A diminutive of Rex, a king, from this bird having a crest or crown 
of gold colour. Kinglet. 
- cristatus. Crested. Golden-crowned Kinglet. 
Ficus. [[From n£oe&; to peck.— Ed.] Woodpecker. • ■ 
- martins. “ Martia Picus avis’* (supposed to be this bird) is spoken 
of in Ovid ; derived from Mars, the heathen god of war. Perhaps from 
the upright attitude of the bird, and the blows it gives the trees. Black 
Woodpecker. 
- viridis. Green. Green Woodpecker. 
- major. Greater or larger. Barred Woodpecker. 
-- medius. Middle (in point of size). 
— - minor. Lesser. Pied Woodpecker. 
— - villosus. Hairy. Hairy Woodpecker. 
Sitta. Xirryj supposed to have been the Nuthatch. Nuthatch. 
- Europaea. European. European Nuthatch. 
Yunx. Wryneck. 
- torquilla. From torqueo, to turn or twist, as the Wryneck does its 
neck. Zigzag Wryneck. 
Certhia. Creper. 
- familiaris. Common or familiar. Hazel Creepeiv 
XJpupa. Hoopoe. 
