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NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
'Nyctlcorax. the night, and a Raven. Nighthern. 
___ Europmus. European. Common Nighthern. 
Ardea. \_Arduus^ high, lofty, with allusion to flight.— Ed.] Heron. 
_ garzetta. Egret Heron. 
_ alba. White. White Heron. 
_- russata. Russeus^ flesh or buff-coloured. Buff-hacked Heron. 
-- purpurea. Purple. Purple Heron. 
- cinerea. Cinereous, ash-coloured. Common Heron. 
- ralloides. Resembling a Rail- Squacco Heron. 
--—. aquatica. That frequents the water. Aquatic. 
Crex. K/j£|. a Crake. Crake. 
- pratensis. Of or belonging to Meadows. Meadow Crake. , 
—— porzana. Spotted Crake. 
Gallinula. Gallinule. 
— - pus ilia. Very small. Little Gallinule. 
-- Foljamhei- So called after Mr. Foljambe, Foljambe's Gallinule. 
-- chloropus. XXcopos green, and ^irovs a foot. Common Gallinule. 
Ftdica. \^Fuligo, blackness,— Ed.] Coot. 
-- atra. Black. Common Coot. 
Pkalaropus. a sea bird, supposed to be the same as our Phalarope. 
Phalarope. 
--- hyperboreus. Northern; Red Phalarope. 
- lobatus. having lobed or semipalmated feet. Grey Phalarope. 
Podiceps. Fes., a foot, and capio., to catch. Halt, larne, limping, as this bird 
appears when on the land, out of its proper element. Grebe. 
’—- minor. Lesser. Little Grebe. 
--- rubricollis. Having a red neck. Rednecked Grebe. 
- cornutus. Horned- Horned Grebe. 
- auritus. Eared. Eared Grebe. 
— -—i cristatus. Crested. Crested Grebe. 
Uria. A bird supposed to be the present. Guillemot. 
- - troile. Foolish Guillemot. 
- grylle. a grunting sort of note, which this bird has. Black 
Guillemot. 
- alle. AAA», another, a different one, a second, 
Colymbus. KoAy/x/oaw, to dive. Diver. 
- septentrionalis. Northern. Red-throated Diver. 
-— glacialis. Belonging to the icy regions. Northern Diver. 
—— arcticus. Arctic- Black-throated Diver, 
