Papers in the Biological Sciences

 

Title

Name Derivations

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

May 1973

Comments

From Grouse and Quails of North America, by Paul A. Johnsgard (Lincoln, NE, 1973 & 2008). Electronic edition copyright © 2008 Paul A. Johnsgard.

From: Alectoris—from Latin alector (Greek alectryon): cock ...
through:
Tympanuchus—from Greek tympanon: a drum