Box Elder News Journal | 1905-08-17 | Page 2 | Origin of Birds' Names

origin of birds names certain birds get their names from st peter according to a writer the petrel in german Peters vogel peters bird a bird that skims the waves Is named after the apostle who walked upon the waves of 0 galilee but the parrots Is a less simple case in spain and in portugal as in france the word corresponding to parrot almost certainly represents little peter a familiar name playfully applied because peter was so common a chris uan can name similarly a house sparrow vl Is nicknamed pierrot rot in france