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NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Vanellus, From its fan-like Vings, another meaning of the word Vanellus^ 
Lapwing. 
_ cristatus. Crested. Peewit Lapwing. 
Squatarola. Squatarole. 
_ cinerea. Ash-coloured, cinereous. Grey Squatarole. 
Charadrius. A bird supposed to be the Dotterel Plover. Plover. 
- pluvialis. Rainy. Golden Plover. 
_ morinellus. Mupoiim to be silly, the bird being so foolish as to 
imitate the motions of the fowler. Dotterel Plover. 
Charadrius hiaticula. Ringed Plover. 
_ Cantianus. Kentish- Kentish Plover. 
Cursorius^ Curro, to run. Swiftfoot. 
_ isabellinus. so called from its isabel colour. Cream-coloured 
Swiftfoot- 
Arenaria. Arena the sand. Sanderling- 
- calidris. Common Sanderling. 
Glareola. Glarea, sand, shingle, which this bird frequents. Pratincole. 
___ torquata. Having a ring (round its neck). Collared Pratincole. 
Strepsilas. a-r^£<pu to turn (as it does the stones). Turnstone. 
- collaris. Collare, a collar. Common Turnstone. 
Hcematopus. a^oc, blood, otts the face. Or countenance. Oystercatcher. 
- ostralegus. Ostrsea, Oysters, and Icgo^ to collect. Common 
Oyster-catcher. 
Himantopus. A long-legged bird supposed to be the present- Stilt. 
-- melanopterus. MzKa.s black, and ttts^ov a wing. Black-winged 
Stilt. 
Machetes. Mcx.ypy(.(x.i to fight, from its quarrelsome disposition! Rulf. 
- piignax. Quarrelsome, pugnacious. Common Ruff. 
Tringa. Tringa. 
.— - cinerea. Ash-coloured, cinereous. 
- maritima. That frequents the sea shore. Purple Tringa. 
- subarquata. Diminutive of arquatus, arched, or curved, as is the 
bill of this bird. Curlew Tringa. 
--— Temminckii. Temminck’s, named after him. Temminck’s Tringa. 
- variabiliS‘ Variable (in appearance, in winter and summer.) Dunlin 
.Tringa. 
- pusilla. Very small. Minute Tringa- 
Tetanus, Sandpiper. 
-- fuscus. Dark. Dark brown. Dusky Sandpiper. 
