Show or gin of B ads names certain birds get their names from st peter according to a w riter the petrel in german Peters vogel pe ter s bird a bird that skims the waves is named after the apostle who walked upon the waves of galilee but the parrot parrots s is a less simple case in spain and in portugal as in france the word corresponding anding to parrot al most certainly represents little peter a familiar name playfully applied because peter was so common a chris t an name similarly a house sparrow is nicknamed pierrot in france |