The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-25
BIRD NAMES.
The Curious and Ancient Origin Of very
Many o. Them.
From the outing Mdod zine.

From the OuttnD hdpdztHe.
The word owl Cor, as 1t was formerly, Ws)
Ia derived from the Latin word ntutd-an owl,
This was probably from the birds cry, ana
hence is remotely related to our word howl
Hawk comes from the root haf. meaning 10
take or seize. Cassowary Is from kdssurdrts,
the Malay name Of these great birds. Tho
droll looliag stork called jabifu traces his
name to q South American Indian word
ydbiru, meaning TO blow out with wind, which,
has refs9ence to the birds habit OF distend.
ing thaS4oose skin on the neck. Robin is an
old diminutive Of Robert. and parrot stands
In the same relation to the French word Pier-
rot-Peter. Oriole is appropriately takef
from the Latin aUrsofas. meaning golden,
Maiiard, from male, was at first used to denott
only the drake, or male. Of that species OF
duck. Turtle. as used in turtle dove. Is from
the Latin fHrfHr, the repetition being sup
posed to resemble the cooling OF a dove.
Cnrassow-properly Caracoa ~bird-takes itS
name from the island north of Venezuela,
Quaf, through many and various spellings,
can be traced to qudckei and other forms,
derived from the note Of the bird. Condor
Is from a Peruvian word, %cuntur' and cor"
morant resolves into the Latin words corrus
m%arinus, literally a sea crow,
Egret has passed through such forms as
eeram and akron. and thus merges into heron,
which in turn has evoi we'd from higer9 crtggr
ton of the cry Of the bird. Shrike, too, from
the feeisndic shrikja. is SO called from The
harsh cry. M
we Know that ibis goes back through ina
Greek tongue to the old Egyptian but 70
az far M"S back as legends Peach. swallow, viii!
various spellings. signifies the long winged
bird which we know 80 well. Sparrow c0mcl
| from the root Of spurn. meaning to KICK or
culver: why we know not.
Eagle; e0le. aieIe. oe.ia. take ns to the y, L1tm
s eSlT,rs;d ff' Pe, 4 m0f q f meah, q Gr SrSWW Wo I'd VIII
| similar meaning, but slso confused with 2
term meaning woqdpecker. which goes direct
s a. = Sf Pisson T 70 alhI PsnrS Wsids 'ssaf g rei e ed I
from the Latin pipio. a young chirpinR slrd'
Dove y obs9uss IN its yarisSI1arss s n,e Y I'M = 1d%g.'
Thruush and tHrostie. land even the RHssisn
Sssat throws sms nc 1ss IIs ne r fs''h ls .fIs and tern r4y. md
ever lost to Us: GreSs g from ttris or "riSTn
Ing 10 sEaw or chew.
Cockatoo hsrks back TO the Hindu kakatnta;
n f5S% the S SaIess cry z vas The eo JHSs Ss 'T IA .o 1s .
way with the sanskrtt srun and the Latin
s9n.ssIsonnd Gooss oosl sGs' 90 o nGsr and and
ssnnst. doshaWk i from : wrong dimim,;;
tive Of goose. Fowl. from tuol, faot msant
ons %hc d 10 Ky or Pa aive Is htGsT ronse a is s"f ffoft
0riseus, meaning gray. with partridge we
mu4J StOp AZ IL i.Stiu. pcTutI' a..
The origin q ptarmigan is unknown hrt
It should rightly be written tarmigan, the p
haying been added by some me U aa G rs FSe r o7
Greek derivation. Pheasant is pure Gree",
meaning the Phasian bird, that being the
the birds were numerous. Plover, is inter
because these birds appeared in Italy during
beautiful birds have two heshy horns on the
sstyr, N" hence tso' Tr~asEopanothe goa, Of Fan,
e one naes ' that these sss b tGSis's We're :" native at q
that country. Their Hindu name peru. refers
TO their American origin.
Snlpe Is from shipper or snapperIone Mn'
sRRspsi Up the ss "ss II txo Is dim ra%sTKeo'' fraos
pa1sS. OerSe. Jay. which in other ian'sn9s..
p 81 mae On" crow row i . r. ns'i he 's same roo, q.
eroak. Ra We through raben, raof. &c, like
owl and csow isG from q. the %sa 4sn, a. c rsi n Ed@' .;
the male iEn siIsh cchafihch.
Many names OF birds are taken from ne
they show q preference. such as the pine sIsk.n
s1s ri i S,Sd IA sSSis s5.i snd H 4; !, % H.Ms. derived
bifds! eSe '! WHITE. Sopoi p SY isash II thrush
sru%pste %s Swan Gu'f Il We attempted to nctg al
those whose .colors suggested theiI namn,;
our list would be almost endless. Tncrt w"
the eoldfnch. silver pheasant. A amingo, from
the French fam ant flaming: and 81" car.
dinal, who truly merRs his name, for i's
indeed an animated mass of color,
The little chief" partridge is SO CALI, 90
crest; the catbird because of the m"w'ns
character of his notes: the cowbird N"',.N'
he Ia q close comr ion Of those boz
freeing them from, tic I snd other trp''"'-
some Insects: the sno' nbird is so 6'I"'n-
mated not because ne feeds ON thos, ."rs
which his head and reck bear to u Nn,'r
snake when the bird is swimming wiz 'n11
entire body submerged, The horn,d
gets his name from two tufts Of ~fcat'''' "h
the head. The kingfisher merits his '' N''
for he IL q past master In his profesH,''