Show Origin of Dlrds Names Certain birds get tholr names from St Peter According to a writer The petrel tin Herman Petersvogcl Peters Pe-ters bird a bird that skims the wavifl Is named after the apostle who walked upon tho waves of Galilee Hut tho parrots Is a less simple case In Spain and In Portugal as In France the word corresponding to parrot almost al-most certainly represents little Peter a familiar name playfully applied because Peter was so common a Chris lan name Similarly a house sparrow Is nicknamed plerrot In France I |