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NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
the French physician was prosecuting his researches on the faculty. As these 
two gentlemen were wholly unaware of each other s. proceedings, it is perhaps dif¬ 
ficult to say who was the first discoverer of the organ.—-En.] 
.ADDENDA TO THE EXPLANATION OF THE LATIN NAMES OF 
BRITISH BIRDS. 
By the Rev. F. Orpen Morris, B. A . 
' Neophron, Neophron. 
— - percnopterus. same as black, black-spotted, and 
a wing. Egyptian Neophron. 
Elanus, “ Perhaps from to chace or drive.”— Catalogue of the Ashmo- 
lean Museum. Elanus. 
"--- furcutus, V Forked (as to the tail) ; furca^ a fork. Fork-tailed Elanus. 
Regulus. (Given in a former paper.) Kinglet. 
— --- ignicapillus. Ignis fire, and capillus a lock or tuft. Fire-crested 
Kinglet. 
Phoenicura. (Given before.) Redstart. 
— -- Suecica. Swedish. Blue-throated Redstart* 
' Alauda. (Given before.) Lark. . ' 
——- cornuta. Cornu,, a horn.. Horned Lark. 
Ckaradrius. (Given before.) Plover. 
-- minor. Less, or lesser. Little Plover. 
Noctua. (Given before.) Nightling. 
--—■ Tengmalmi. Named after Tengmalm. 
Salicaria. (Given before.) Reedling. 
—^——— turdoides. Turdus, a Thrush ; and u^os, a likeness. Great Reed¬ 
ling. 
Diomedea. [^A bird of this name is mentioned by Pliny.— Ed.] 
——_ cUororhynchus. XKu§os green, and §vyms a bill. Yellow-nosed 
Albatross. 
■ Tring a ? Tringa. 
Two new species of Tringa are mentioned in a late number of the Magazine 
of Natural History, as having occurred in Britain, but I am at present ignorant 
of their names. 
-- rufescens. Verging to red. Buff-breasted Tringa. 
- pectoralis. In some way, I suppose, from pectus, a breast. Pectoral 
Tringa. 
