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NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Thalassidroma Bullockii. So called after Mr. Bullock. Forktail Petrel. 
Pujinus. Shearwater. 
- cinereus- Ash-coloured, cinereous. Grey Shearwater. 
- Anglorum. Of the English (coasts). Manks Shearwater. 
Procellaria. Procella^ a storm, which the Fulmar is erroneously supposed by 
sailors to forerun. Fulmar. 
- glacialis. Belonging to the icy regions. Northern Fulmar. 
Mergus. Mergo^ to dive. Merganser. 
- cucullatus. Hooded. Hooded Merganser. 
-- albellus, Albus^ white. Smew Merganser. 
- serrator. Serra^ a saw, from the notched appearance of its bill. 
Bed-breasted Merganser. 
- merganser. Compounded of mergus^ and Anser^ a Goose. Com¬ 
mon Merganser. 
Cygnus. Swan. 
- ferus. Wild, savage. Whistling Swan. 
— --A Swan. 
- BewicMi. So named after the immortal Bewick. Bewick’s Swan. 
Anser. Goose. 
-- ruficollis. Bed-necked. Red-breasted Goose. 
— -- ferus. Wild, savage. Bean Goose. 
— - alhifrons. White-fronted. White-fronted Goose. 
- hrenta. A name coined for the Brent Goose. Brent Goose. 
- Bernicla. A coined word for the Bernacle Goose. Bernacle GooseJ 
Somateria. a body, and f^/ov, wool or down. Eider. 
- mollissima; Most soft. Common Eider. 
- spectabilis. Handsome, worthy to be admired. King Eider. 
Chauliodus. XavKio^ovs, having prominent teeth ? The name, in my opinion, 
would be more appropriate to the Shoveller, Gadwall. 
- strepera. Noisy, clamourous. Common Gadwall. 
Tadorna. Shieldrake. 
- rutila. Buddy, ferruginous. Buddy Shieldrake. 
- vulpanser. [Vulpes^ a Fox, and Anser, a Goose; from the Fox-colour 
on the breast. —En.] Common Shieldrake. 
Anas. Duck. ' 
— - bosckas. \_Bosco, a wood; from the partiality of the bird to wooded 
islands.— Ed.] Common Duck. 
Spathulea. Spathula, a spatula, which surgeons use ; shaped somewhat like 
the bill of this bird. Shoveller. 
■ .. —' clgpeata* Armed with a shield. Common Bhoyeller. 
