Show r I 7 Origin of Birds' Birds Names Certain birds get their names from St. St Peter According to a writer The petrel in German Peters Peter's Peters Peter's Pe- Pe ter's tor's bird a bird that skims the l waves is named after the apostle who walked upon the waves of Galilee But the parrots parrot's Is a less simple case In Spain and in Portugal as In France the tho word corresponding to parrot almost almost al al- most certainly represents little Peter Petera a a familiar name playfully applied because Peter was so ISO common a Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian name Similarly a house sparrow is nicknamed pierrot In France Prance |