"have the money. The hedge-sparrow agrees to the contingencies and all four make their way down the road; the donkey with the pedlar’s pack, the raven sitting on the donkey’s back to shoo away the flies, and the hedge-sparrow, supplying the raven with worms. Finally, the four travellers see a town in the distance, and the pedlar begins to prepare his goods for potential customers. The hedge-sparrow finds a scarlet blanket in the pedlar’s wares that he wishes to purchase. The blanket costs five gold pieces; the hedge-sparrow haggles the price of the blanket down to four gold pieces: The"
"adapted to a nocturnal way of life. Their spiny protection resembles that of the unrelated porcupines, which are rodents, and echidnas, a type of monotreme. The name ""hedgehog"" came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English ""heyghoge"", from ""heyg"", ""hegge"" (""hedge""), because it frequents hedgerows, and ""hoge"", ""hogge"" (""hog""), from its piglike snout. Other names include ""urchin"", ""hedgepig"" and ""furze-pig"". The collective noun for a group of hedgehogs is ""array"". Hedgehogs are easily recognized by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and unlike the quills"
"Rufous-collared sparrow The rufous-collared sparrow or Andean sparrow (""Zonotrichia capensis"") is an American sparrow found in a wide range of habitats, often near humans, from the extreme south-east of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on the island of Hispaniola. It is famous for its diverse vocalizations, which have been intensely studied since the 1970s, particularly by Paul Handford and Stephen C. Lougheed (UWO), Fernando Nottebohm (Rockefeller University) and Pablo Luis Tubaro (UBA). Local names for this bird include the Portuguese tico-tico, the Spanish chingolo, chincol and copetón, ""tufted"" in Colombia and comemaíz ""corn eater"" in Costa Rica. The rufous-collared"
"also called by a number of alternative English names, including ""English sparrow"", chiefly in North America; and ""Indian sparrow"" or ""Indian house sparrow"", for the birds of the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia. Dialectal names include ""sparr"", ""sparrer"", ""spadger"", ""spadgick"", and ""philip"", mainly in southern England; ""spug"" and ""spuggy"", mainly in northern England; ""spur"" and ""sprig"", mainly in Scotland; and ""spatzie"" or ""spotsie"", from the German ""Spatz"", in North America. The genus ""Passer"" contains about 25 species, depending on the authority, 26 according to the ""Handbook of the Birds of the World"". Most ""Passer"" species are dull-coloured birds with short,"
"Hesperevax caulescens Hesperevax caulescens is a small flowering plant in the daisy family. One common name for the plant is hogwallow starfish, as it is a somewhat flat, star-shaped plant which grows in mud. Another common name is dwarf dwarf-cudweed, as the three members of genus ""Hesperevax"" are known as dwarf-cudweeds and this species is smaller than the others. It may also be called involucrate evax, since its former Latin name was ""Evax involucrata"". This annual plant is a member of the vernal pool plant community in California, where it is possibly an endemic species, although its range might extend"
"a later invention. ""Storm"" arises from seamen's association of this bird with bad weather. In English, the name of the species was written as ""stormy petrel"" by some 19th-century authors. The scientific name derives from Ancient Greek; ""Hydrobates"" is from ""hudro"", water, and ""bates"", walker, and ""pelagicus"" is from ""pelagikos"", of the sea. There are two recognised subspecies, the North Atlantic nominate subspecies, ""H. p. pelagicus"" (Linnaeus, 1758), and the Mediterranean ""H. p. melitensis"" (Schembri, 1843). Although there is some genetic support for classifying the southern form as a separate species, the morphology is not considered sufficiently different from that"
"the English name ""rufous-backed sparrow"", but as this name might cause confusion with other species, Ticehurst suggested the name ""Sind jungle-sparrow"", which became the accepted name for the species. This name refers to Sindh, a province now in Pakistan which makes up a large part of the Sind sparrow's range, and the jungle habitat of the bird (in the word's original sense of tangled dry thicket). This name is shortened to ""jungle sparrow"" or ""Sind sparrow"", of which the first was used in the IOC World Bird List, until ""Sind sparrow"" was adopted in 2009. The Sind sparrow is a"
"century, 'a nadder' in Middle English was rebracketed to 'an adder' (just as 'a napron' became 'an apron' and 'a ""nompere"" changed into 'an umpire'). In keeping with its wide distribution and familiarity through the ages, ""Vipera berus"" has a large number of common names in English, which include: In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the snake is known as ""hugorm"", ""hoggorm"" and ""huggorm"", roughly translated as 'striking snake'. In Finland, it is known as ""kyykäärme"" or simply ""kyy"", in Estonia it is known as ""rästik"", while in Lithuania it is known as ""angis"". Relatively thick-bodied, adults usually grow to in"
"Euphorbia helioscopia Euphorbia helioscopia, the sun spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It is a herbaceous annual plant, native to most of Europe, northern Africa, and eastward through most of Asia. Other old folk names include wart spurge, umbrella milkweed and ""madwoman's milk"". It is an annual plant growing in arable land and disturbed ground. It grows to 10–50 cm tall, with a single, erect, hairless stem, branching toward the top. The leaves are oval, broadest near the tip, 1.5–3 cm long, with a finely toothed margin. The flowers are small, yellow-green, with two"
"Sisymbrium officinale Sisymbrium officinale, known as hedge mustard, (formerly ""Erysimum officinale"") is a plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found on roadsides and wasteland, and as a weed of arable land. A native of Europe and North Africa, it is now well-established throughout the world. It is distinct from the mustard plants which belong to the genus ""Brassica"". ""S. officinale"" is similar to other ""Sisymbrium"", but differs in its tall, erect stems with tiny flowers and fruits that are compacted parallel to the stem instead of hanging free. Hedge-mustard is food for the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera, such as"
"the former was the most important commercial species. There is also confusion with other Bahamian species colloquially known as 'tamarind', several of which were also called sabicu. The most common of these are ""Peltophorum adnatum"" Griseb. and ""Cojoba arborea"" (L.) Britton & Rose. At various times their wood has also been called 'horseflesh mahogany'. The Economic Botany Collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, contains specimens of wood from all these species collected at various times in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The labelling evinces considerable confusion, but it seems likely that 'horseflesh mahogany' properly applies to ""Peltophorum"""
"""Atropa belladonna"" and ""Atropa baetica"". Heliothis peltigera Heliothis peltigera, the bordered straw, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The Greek epithet ""Heliothis"" means ""scorched by the sun"", while the Latin species name ""peltigera"" means ""wearing a small shield"", with reference to the reniform marking on the forewings. This species can be found in Southern Europe and the Near East, but it is present further north too, because it is a regular migratory species northbound. It is also present in most of Africa (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Tunisia) and in Asia, ranging"
"Hyles euphorbiae Hyles euphorbiae, the spurge hawk-moth, is a European moth of the family Sphingidae. This hawk moth is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed known as leafy spurge (""Euphorbia virgata""), but usually only in conjunction with other agents. The larvae consume the leaves and bracts of the plant. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ""Systema Naturae"". The Spurge Hawk-Moth - Fore wings grey, with an almost square olive-brown blotch; at the base another olive-brown blotch near the middle, and a long oblique band of the"
"Hemorrhois ravergieri Hemorrhois ravergieri, commonly called the spotted whip snake, is a species of snake found in Western Asia, Central Asia, and South-Central Asia. The specific name, ""ravergieri"", is in honor of a certain Mr. Ravergier who was an attaché at the French embassy in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The former Soviet republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia, the latter from the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea east to E Kazakhstan: Dorsally it is tan or grayish, with a series of dark rhomboidal spots or crossbars, alternating with smaller spots on the sides. The spots usually become confluent posteriorly,"
"""H. a. sidamoensis""), but since 2014 has been considered conspecific with Archer's lark. Note that the alternate names ""long-clawed lark"" and ""Sidamo lark"" are also used as alternate names by Rudd's lark and Degodi lark respectively. Some authorities have also considered Archer's lark to be a subspecies of Rudd's lark. The alternate name ""Somali lark"" is more commonly used by the species of the same name, ""Mirafra somalica"", but also as an alternate name for Sharpe's lark. Other alternate names for Archer's lark include Archer's long-clawed lark, Ethiopian long-clawed lark, Liben lark, Sidamo bushlark, Sidamo long-clawed lark and Somali long-clawed"
"below). The lark bunting (""Calamospiza melanocorys"") is an American sparrow. The Lapland bunting (""Calcarius lapponicus"") is also known as Lapland longspur, and is considered under longspurs, and also placed in a separate family Calcariidae. Clade A - ""Emberiza"" species: ""tristrami, variabilis, chrysophrys, aureola, pusilla, rutila, rustica, sulphurata, spodocephala, schoeniclus, pallasi, yessoensis, elegans,"" with """"Latoucheornis"" siemsseni"". Clade B - ""Emberiza"" species: ""leucocephalos, citrinella, stewarti, cirlus, hortulana, caesia, buchanani, cia, godlewskii, cioides, jankowskii, fucata,"" with """"Miliaria"" calandra"". Clade C - ""Emberiza"" species: ""melanocephala, bruniceps"" with """"Melophus"" lathami"". Clade D - ""Emberiza"" species: ""striolata, tahapisi, impetuana, capensis, flaviventris, cabanisi"". Buntings not yet tested"
"[now Polokwane], Zoutpansberg Distr., Transvaal"". The name ""Hadogenes bicolor"" has previously been used to cover animals now recognised as three separate species, ""H. bicolor"", ""H. longimanus"" and ""H. newlandsi"". Many of the scorpions sold in the pet trade as ""H. bicolor"" are actually ""H. troglodytes"". Hadogenes bicolor Hadogenes bicolor is a species of scorpion endemic to South Africa. The legs, tail and chelicerae of ""H. bicolor"" are paler than the carapace, forming a marked colour contrast. ""Hadogenes bicolor"" is endemic to Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, South Africa. It lives only in rocky outcrops along the Drakensberg escarpment at altitudes of"
"Robert Ridgway created in 1898 for this and the closely related grassland sparrow. Most taxonomists now subsume ""Myospiza"" into ""Ammodramus"". DNA analysis indicates that the yellow-browed sparrow is a sister species to the grassland sparrow, and that these two species make a sister group with the grasshopper sparrow; these three are genetically distinct from the other ""Ammodramus"" sparrows. The yellow-browed sparrow has four subspecies, which differ primarily in the extent of yellow on the face and the amount of streaking on the upperparts and crown: The yellow-browed sparrow is one of nine sparrows in the genus ""Ammodramus"", a name which"
"the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam, though it has been suggested that the Hunterian's belongs to a sable antelope (""H.niger""). A pair of horns is present at both the Natural History Museum, London, and the South African Museum. Skeletal remains have been found in both archaeological and palaeontological contexts. The common names ""bluebuck"" and ""blue antelope"" are English for the original Afrikaans name ""blaubok"" . The name is a compound of ""blauw"" and ""bok"" (""male antelope"" or ""male goat""). Variants of this name include ""blaawwbok"" and ""blawebock"". The generic name ""Hippotragus"" is Greek for ""horse-goat"", while the specific name ""leucophaeus"" is"
"Spade-toothed whale The spade-toothed whale (""Mesoplodon traversii"") is a very little-known and the rarest species of beaked whale. It was first named from a partial jaw found on Pitt Island, New Zealand, in 1872; reported and illustrated in 1873 by James Hector, and described the next year by John Edward Gray, who named it in honor of Henry Hammersley Travers, the collector. This was eventually lumped with the strap-toothed whale, starting as early as an 1878 article by Hector, who never considered the specimen to be specifically distinct. A calvaria found in the 1950s at White Island, also New Zealand,"
"Crataegus Crataegus (), commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn, or hawberry, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name ""hawthorn"" was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe, especially the common hawthorn ""C. monogyna"", and the unmodified name is often so used in Britain and Ireland. The name is now also applied to the entire genus and to the related Asian genus ""Rhaphiolepis"". The Latin name ""Crataegus"" is from the Greek ""kratos"" ""strength"" and ""akis"" ""sharp"", referring"
"Spiraea thunbergii Spiraea thunbergii (珍珠绣线菊), Thunberg spiraea or Thunberg's meadowsweet, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, native to East China and Japan, and widely cultivated elsewhere. Other common names include baby's breath spirea. The Japanese common name is ""yuki-yanagi"". This is one of several plants whose Latin specific epithet ""thunbergii"" honours the Swedish botanist and plant collector Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828). Growing to tall and broad, ""Spiraea thunbergii"" is a small, long-lived shrub with thin, flexible stems. The flowers are white, borne in abundance in spring and early summer. The alternate, simple, almost linear leaves are"
"""H. brianmayi"" (Brian May), ""H. rogertaylori"" (Roger Taylor), and ""H. johndeaconi"" (John Deacon). Naming four new species after members of the band was done to pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of its founding. Heteragrion freddiemercuryi Heteragrion freddiemercuryi is a species of damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae. It was described as a new species in 2013 by F. A. A. Lencioni. The eponym for the species name """"freddiemercuryi"""" is Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Of naming the species after Mercury, Lencioni wrote, ""I name this species after Freddie Mercury, artistic name of Farrokh Bulsara (1946–1991), superb and gifted musician and songwriter"
"and named it ""Celastrus buxifolius"". Since then it has been named ""ellipticus, heterophyllus, spathephyllus, empleurifolius, rhombifolius, parvifolius and buxifolioides"" - it would seem that the epithet ""heterophylla"" is appropriate. It makes a very effective, fast-growing security hedge. The wood is hard and durable, suitable for carving, though large pieces are not often available. Gymnosporia heterophylla Gymnosporia heterophylla, the common spike-thorn, is a small, hardy, deciduous African tree up to 5m tall, occurring in rocky places with a wide distribution from Ethiopia, the Sudan and the Congo, south to the Cape Province and west to Angola and Namibia, as well as"
"the revised formal botanical name of midland hawthorn: ""Crataegus laevigata"" (Poir.) DC. 'François Rigaud' has yellow fruit. 'Paul's Scarlet' (double red flowers) and 'Rosea Flore Pleno' (double pink flowers) have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. These cultivars are considered by taxonomists to be derived from hybrids between ""C laevigata"" and ""C monogyna"", within the named hybrid species ""C"" × ""media"". The hawthorn button-top gall on midland hawthorn is caused by the dipteran gall-midge ""Dasineura crataegi"". Crataegus laevigata Crataegus laevigata, known as the midland hawthorn, English hawthorn, woodland hawthorn or mayflower, is a species of hawthorn"
"Crataegus coccinea Crataegus coccinea, the scarlet hawthorn, is a species of hawthorn around which there is considerable confusion because the name has been misapplied for a long time. It has been shown to be the same as ""C. pedicellata"", and under the rules of botanical nomenclature, the older name (""C. coccinea"") should be used. In 1901, Charles Sprague Sargent chose a lectotype for ""Crataegus coccinea"" from among Linnaeus's specimens, but chose a specimen that resembles ""C. dodgei"" Ashe. Sargent's lectotype opinion was followed by other authors until he realized his error and corrected it in 1909. The name ""C. coccinea"""
"Strophostyles helvola Strophostyles helvola (a widely used orthographic variant is ""Strophostyles helvula"", although only the former is taxonomically accepted) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names amberique-bean, trailing wild bean, and trailing fuzzy-bean. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States. It is an annual to perennial herbaceous vine, up to 3 m long, with light pubescence on the stem, leaves, and pods. The trifoliate leaves are often divided into three lobes, in a fiddle-shape (panduriform). They possess unique pea-like pink-purple flowers (fading to cream-yellow), with a gradually curving"
"Sarcodon imbricatus Sarcodon imbricatus, commonly known as the shingled hedgehog or scaly hedgehog, is a species of tooth fungus in the order Thelephorales. The mushroom is edible. Many sources report it has a bitter taste, but others have found it delicious and suspect that the bitter specimens may be similar related species. The mushroom has a large, brownish cap with large brown scales and may reach 30 cm (12 in) in diameter. On the underside it sports greyish, brittle teeth instead of gills, and has white flesh. Its spore print is brown. It is associated with spruce (""Picea""), appearing in"
"Crepis Crepis, commonly known in some parts of the world as hawksbeard or hawk's-beard (but not to be confused with the related genus ""Hieracium"" with a similar common name), is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants of the family Asteraceae superficially resembling the dandelion, the most conspicuous difference being that ""Crepis"" usually has branching scapes with multiple heads (though solitary heads can occur). The genus name ""Crepis"" derives from the Greek ""krepis"", meaning ""slipper"" or ""sandal"", possibly in reference to the shape of the fruit. The genus is distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and Africa, and several plants"
"Sierra Madre sparrow The Sierra Madre sparrow (""Xenospiza baileyi""), also known as Bailey's sparrow, is an endangered, range-restricted, enigmatic American sparrow. It is endemic to Mexico and is threatened with extinction through habitat loss. The genus name ""Xenospiza"" is from the Ancient Greek ""xénos"" (ξένος), ""a stranger"", and ""spíza"" (σπίζα), ""finch"". The species name ""baileyi"" is a dedication to Alfred M. Bailey, who collected the 1931 specimen for Outram Bangs. The Sierra Madre sparrow was first discovered by scientists in the Sierra de Bolaños near Bolaños, Jalisco, in 1889. The eight specimens shot then were not recognized as what they"
"Herpetologists. He died on February 16, 1964 after a sudden illness. Two species of amphibians are named after Hartweg: Hartweg's salamander, ""Bolitoglossa hartwegi""; and Hartweg's spikethumb frog, ""Plectrohyla hartwegi"". Two subspecies of reptiles are named after him: the western spiny softshell turtle, ""Apalone spinifera hartwegi""; and Hartweg's emerald lizard, ""Sceloporus taeniocnemis hartwegi"". Norman Edouard Hartweg Norman Edouard ""Kibe"" Hartweg (August 20, 1904 – February 16, 1964) was an American herpetologist, Curator of Herpetology for the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan, and president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. He was a specialist in the taxonomy"
"Hedgeparsley is its ability to grow vigorously and disperse rapidly. Japanese Hedgeparsley was first introduced to North America in 1917 and has been considered invasive since its introduction. Reasons for its introduction are unknown, but it is assumed it was for medicinal purposes because it is not considered ornamental. The plant’s current distribution as an invasive species is in southern parts of Canada and in the Midwestern, Eastern, Southern parts of the US, and Oregon. In Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) found that this plant tends to establish itself along roadsides, edge habitats, or open areas and then"
"Heteragrion freddiemercuryi Heteragrion freddiemercuryi is a species of damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae. It was described as a new species in 2013 by F. A. A. Lencioni. The eponym for the species name """"freddiemercuryi"""" is Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Of naming the species after Mercury, Lencioni wrote, ""I name this species after Freddie Mercury, artistic name of Farrokh Bulsara (1946–1991), superb and gifted musician and songwriter whose wonderful voice and talent still entertain millions of people around the world."" In the same publication, Lencioni described three more species of damselfly in the same genus after three other members of Queen:"