Eureka Reporter | 1905-08-18 | Page 6 | Origin of Birds' Names

origin T birds names certain birds get their names from st peter according to a writer abe petrel in german Peters vogel peter s bird a bird that skims the waves Is named after the apostle who walked upon he waves of gadlee but the parrot s Is a less simple case in spain and in portugal as in france the word corresponding 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