A LIST OP BRITISII BIRDS. 
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meaning and vernacular ones, if they are to be retained at all, which, for the 
present^ they perhaps must be. My generic names are either original Greek ones, 
or of Greek derivation. In the former case, I have assigned them, as nearly as 
possible, to the birds supposed to have been originally represented by them.—> 
I have only to add, that it would be very desirable if the same specific name were 
never to occur twice in any nomenclature. 
j$]salon fringillarius. 
Sparrow HawJc. 
Asterias palumbarius, 
Goshawk. 
Cerchne pennipes. 
Hough-legged Buzzard. 
Cerchne Buteo, 
Buzzard. 
Pernis mellivora. 
Money Pern. 
Haliaetus arundinaceus, 
Osprey. 
Aetus pygargus, 
Erne. 
Aetus aquila. 
Golden Eagle. 
Hierax Islandicus, 
Jer. 
Hierax peregrinus. 
Peregrine. 
Hierax subbuteo. 
Hobby. 
Hierax rufipes, 
Orange-legged Hobby. 
Hierax caesius, 
Merlin. 
Hierax tinnunculus 
Kestrel. 
Ictinus milvus, 
Kite. 
Nauclerus furcatus, 
High-Flier. 
Percnopterus albicapillus. 
White-headed Swiftwing. 
Circus seruginosus. 
Harpy. 
Circus cyaneus. 
Ringtail. 
Circus cineraceus, 
Harrier. 
Ascalaphus auritus, 
Fong-eared Owl. 
Ascalaphus subauritus, 
Short-eared Owl. 
Scops Aldrovandi, 
Aldrovand's Owl. 
Byas nobilis. 
Eagle Owl. 
Syrnium niveum. 
Snowy Owl. 
Strix funerea. 
Funereal Owl. 
Nyctimene flammea, 
Gillihowlet. 
Nyctimene stridula. 
Brown Owl. 
Glaux Tengmalmi, 
Tengmahns Owl. 
Glaux nudipes. 
Little Owl. 
Corone maxima, 
Raven. 
Corone cornix, 
Crow. 
