NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
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Alca. Auk. 
--- tofda. Corrupted from tarda^ slow ? the bird being very unwieldly in 
its make, and slow in its motion. Razorbill Auk. 
^ impennis. Wingless, Great Auk, 
Mormon. a hobgoblin, a bugbear. Puffin, 
—,— fratercula. Common Puffin. 
Sula. From to rob, as the Gannet was supposed to rob other birds of 
prey. Gannet. 
*—— alba. White. Solan Gannet, 
Carlo. Carbo^ a coal ? So called from its dingy appearance^? Cormorant* 
-- cormoranus. A coined word for the Cormorant, 
graculus. Noisy, shrieking. 
-- - cristatus. Crested. Crested Cormorant. 
Lestris. predatory. Skua. 
-—_ cataractes. Koirapp^jcrvis, a cataract or torrent. This bird darts down 
on its prey with the force of a torrent. 
■ - — parasiticus. Parasitic; the notion which gave rise to this name is 
exploded. Arctic Skua. 
■— pomarinus. Pomarine Skua. 
Larus. Aapos, a Sea-mew or Sea Gull. Gull, 
- glaucus. Glaucous. Glaucous Gull. 
■ — ’ —— ■ marinus. Of or belonging to the sea. Black-backed Gull, 
--— fuscus. Dark, brown, dingy. Fuscous Gull. 
—— tridactglus. Three-toed. Kittiwake Gull. 
•—”— ridibundus. Inclined to laugh (i. e. its note). Black-headed Gull, 
-— capistratus. Head-stalled, haltered. 
- minutus. Small, little, minute. Little Gull, 
Sterna. Tern. 
- Anglica: English. Gull-billed Tern. 
- arctica. Arctic. ' Arctic Tern. 
■ hirundo. A Swallow, which bird it in some particulars resembles. 
■ --—' Cantiaca. Kentish. Sandwich Tern. 
-- Dougalli. Of or belonging to Dugald? []DiscoveredJ)y Dr. Mac- 
DOUGAL.—Ed.]] Roseate Tern. 
— — fisdpes. Cloven-footed. Black Tern. 
—-- minuta. Small, minute. Little Tern. 
- Caspia. Caspian. Caspian Tern. 
Thalassidroma. the sea, and rps^io^ ^E^po/A,iZf to run. From its way 
of seeming to run on the tops of the waves. Petrel. 
V,— pelagka. Of or belonging to the sea. Stormy Petrel, 
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