Great bustard Army training area. Here the lack of public access allows them the freedom needed as a large ground-nesting bird. It is classified by the IUCN as "vulnerable". The great bustard was classified with its scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, though the species was referred to as "avis tarda" in the much older writings of Pliny the Elder, and hence its names in English (from Old French "bistarda") and some other languages: "abetarda" (pt), "avetarda" (gl), "avutarda" (es). "Otis" is an Old Greek name for "bustard". The specific name, "tarda", is Latin for "slow" and "deliberate", which is apt
Two Little Dickie Birds Two Little Dickie Birds "Two Little Dickie Birds" or "Two Little Black Birds" is an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16401. Modern versions of the lyrics include: The rhyme was first recorded when published in "Mother Goose's Melody" in London around 1765. In this version the names of the birds were Jack and Gill: These names seem to have been replaced with the apostles Peter and Paul in the 19th century. In American English, the variant "Two Little Blackbirds" is more common. <poem> Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.