Curruca communis
(L 5.5")
Breeds throughout Europe and
east Asia ...migrates to Africa,
India and Arabia in winter.
Look at the birds of the air, for
they neither sow nor reap nor
gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feeds them.
(Bible)
Curruca is Latin for an unidentiied bird
mentioned by Juvenal, a second century
Roman poet; communis is Latin for common.
© Arnoud B.
van den Berg
Macaulay
Library