Subject: Bird Names
Date: Nov 21 13:14:52 1995
From: Dale Goble - gobled at uidaho.edu



Many thanx to Christopher Hill, Serge Le Huitouze, Raymond Korpi, Debra
Kronenberg, and Riesen Reto for repsonse to the question I had on old
English names (actually, probably Middle English names).

The following is a glossary for the statute -- with a few holes remaining
(ah, the ulterior motive):


*Birds*
Crowes: Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) or
Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix)
Chawghes: Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Pyes: Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
Rookes: Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Stares Starling (Sturnis vulgaris)
Martyn Hawkes male Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Fursekytte literally, fierce kite
Moldkytte literally, mole kite
Busarde: Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Schagge: European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Carmera[n]t: Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Ryngtayle: female Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Iron male eagle
Osprayes: Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Woodwall: Golden Oriole (Oriolus galbula) or
Green Woodpecker (Gecinus viridis)
Jaye: Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Raven: Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Kyte: Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Kyng Fyssher Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Bullfynche Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

*Mammals*
Foxe: Fox
Gray: Badger
Fitchewe: foumart or polecat
Polecatte: Polecat
Wesell: Weasel
Stote: Stoat or Ermine
Fayre bade or Wilde Catte: literally, clearly bad or wild cat
Otter: Otter
Hedgehogges: Hedgehog
Ratte: Rat
Myse: Mouse
Moldwarpe: Mole
Wante: Mole