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Show Origin of Birds' Names. Certain birds get their names from St. Peter, According to a wrltor: "Tho petrel (In Clerman 'Potorsvogol,' Peter's Pe-ter's bird), a bird that skims tho waves, Is named after tho npoatlo who walked upon the wnvos of (lalllee. But tho parrot's Is a less simple case. In Spain and In Portugnl, as In France, tho word corresponding to 'parrot' almost al-most cortalnly represents 'llttlo Peter' a familiar namo playfully applied because Peter was so common a Chris-t.an Chris-t.an name. Similarly a houso sparrow Is nicknamed 'plorrot' In France." |