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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 27, 191L 
Living in the Open 
“We just live out of doors.” 
How often have you heard the delights of a favorite resort 
summed up in these words, as if they told the whole story of an 
ideal holiday? 
But how about the wife, the mother, the sister—the one who does 
the cooking for the party and spends two or three hours each day in 
a hot kitchen? Does she get her full share of “living out of doors? 
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You can move it where you please—get the air near an open window, or take 
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It saves a lot of work, too. You have no wood to chop, no coal to carry, 
no ashes to clean up. There is none of the trouble of building up a fire at meal 
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prevent any one from stealing the gulls eggs or 
from shooting them. 
Should any one land on the side of the island 
away from Uncle Markie s view the gulls will 
rise in the air and this is the signal that tells 
him it is time to go over and protect his birds. 
We love to watch the graceful gulls as they 
fly over our harbors, but few know of the breed¬ 
ing habits, and that they are becoming more 
abundant because they are protected in their 
summer homes in the north. 
Wilbur F. Smith. 
South Norwalk. 
ORIGIN OF BIRD NAMES. 
In studying the origin of bird names, we find 
that some names are imitations of the notes of 
the bird, though not always very successful imi¬ 
tations. Others again are allusive to color or 
appearance, while a still greater number refei 
to peculiar habits, although some of these have 
been so greatly modified as to be unintelligible 
except when the clue is sought in the history 
of the word. The “peewit.” which the French 
call “dixlniit,” the “kittiwake,” and the “pipit, 
may be cited as attempts to indicate the notes 
of the birds to which they are applied It is 
thought that the old High German “hiegro 
was adopted as the name of the “heron, by 
way of allusion to its harsh voice. ^ From tins 
word have come the French aigre and 
“aigrette,” of which our own “egret” is another 
form. From the root of “hiegro ’ also come 
the Low Latin “aigro” and “airo, the French 
“heron,” which we have also adopted. the 
French “heronceau” has become with 11s the 
“heronshaw.” 
The pretty or peculiar appearance of birds has 
given risen to such names as “blackbird,” “blue- 
throat,” “razorbill,” and “yellowshank.’ The 
name of the “oriole” is derived from the Latin 
“aureolus,” and means the golden bird. Many 
of these names have become obscured by the 
process of time and the changes in the language 
which it has brought about. Thus “avocet, 
“bustard,” and “ostrich” are all believed to be 
compounds of the Latin “avis,” although they 
have departed widely from the original forms 
of “avis casta,” “avis tarda,” and “avis struthia 
“Godwit” is a corruption of “good wight,” while 
“goatsucker” indicates a former belief as to the 
habits of the birds. 
The names of men and women have in many 
instances been applied to birds. Thus we have 
“Willock,” “Guillemot,” and “Magpie.” The 
name of “Petrel is an allusion to St. Peter on 
the waves. The name of “Mother Carey’s 
Chicken,” by which it is known to sailors, is 
said to be a corruption of the Portuguese 
“Madre Cara.” It is notable that the French 
call the petrels “oiseaux de Notre Dame.” 
Some bird-names we have inherited from 
Greece and Rome. “Kestrel” has been traced 
back by Professor Skeat to “qurquedula,” the 
Latin name for the teal. The intermediate 
stages of this transition are the old French 
forms of “quercelle,” “quercerelle.” which in 
English became “kerc’relle,” and so was easily 
corrupted to “kestrel.” 
With many it must add to the interest with 
which they are regarded when we have the clue 
to the meaning of the names by which they are 
associated with the poetry or the superstition of 
bygone centuries.—Shooting Times. 
GUN KICKS HUNTER OUT OF BOAT. 
Tony Blanco, Jr., of Homer City, had an 
exciting experience while hunting ducks on the 
Yellow creek dam recently. Tony was in the 
boat in the center of the dam and seeing a bird, 
fired at it. The gun kicked so vigorously that 
the young man was thrown from the boat into 
the water. Coming to the surface he swam to 
the shore 125 feet away and left the empty boat 
in the water without making an effort to climb 
into it. Tony missed the duck and lost his gun. 
—Indiana Democrat. 
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