New-York tribune., 1902-08-17

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Cassowary is from ksssuwaris the Malay name
Of these great birds. The comicaI looking stork
called jabiru traces his name to 4 South Ameri-
can Indian word, ydbru, meaning to blow out
with wind which has reference to the birds
habit Of distending the loose skin on the neck.
Robin is old dmnutivc Of Robert. and par
rot stands in the same relation the French
word Picrrot- Peter. OrIoIe is appropriately
taken from the Latin aurcolus. meaning golden.
Maard, from male. was ut first used to denote
only the drake. male, of that species OF duck.
Turtle. used in turtle dove is from the Latin
turtur. the repetition being supposed to resemble
the cooug Of dove. CurasSoW- properly
curacao brd-taies its name from the island
north Of Venezuela. quail through many and
various srelllngs can be traced to quacleI and
other forms. derived from the notes Of the bird.
Condor is from a Peruvian word. cuutur, and
cormoraut resolves into the Latin words coryus
marinus literally a sea crow.
CHANGING rapidly at some Of the other cages.
We notice that many names OF birds taken
from the usual habitat or particular locality
for which they show preference. such as the
pine siskin, orchard orIole road runner. field
sparrow, meadow lark. jungle fowl. sandhilI
crane. tree duck. marsh hawk, Canada goose
and tropic bird. skylark and nshthawk
We form another list Of names derived
from the character OF the songs notes Of the
llIlS-boD Nn!t", bpbOllnk, Laughing INluSIl,
scrcech owl, cuckoo. whooping crane and trum-
peter swan. If We attempted to note all those
whose cciors suggested their names our list
would be almost endless. There are the gold
finch. indigo bunting. bluebird. red winged
blackbird. snowy owl, silver pheasant. tlamingo.
from the French namant-fiaminS, and the
cardinal who fully merits his name. for he is
truly animated mass of color
The little chief partridge is called be
cause of the Indian headdress style of its crest:
the Catbird because of the meWing character of
its notes; the cowbird because it is a close com
panion of those bovines, freeing them from ticks
and other troublesome insects: the snakebird is
denominated. not because it feeds those
reptiles, but on account of the resemblance
which its head and neck bear to a water snake
when the bird is swimming with the entire body
submerged. The horned owl gets its name from
two tufts of feathers on the head, which are
nothing like horns in the ordinary of the
word. The kngisher merits his name for he
is past master in his profession The turkey
was enormously supposed to have come from
the country of that name although some sup
pose that the name is in imitation of the clucks
of these birds.
We will come across a number of birds which
CockatOO, Lady Amherst pheasant and Coop
ers hawk Others have received names sug-
gested by the character of the bill-grosbeak,
spoonbill and shOveller duck; by the kind of
food they are supposed to prefer the spar
row and duck hawk, herring gull and fish
crow; and, again, some character of the plum
age may suggest a title bald eagle, pintail
duck and the rough legged hawk, which has
feathers. instead of scales. down to its toes
The demoiselle crane is SO called from the deli
cate coloring and dainty appearance of its plum
al AM he from