The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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arborea / arboreus

L. arboreus  arboreal, of a tree  < arbor, arboris  tree.
● "61  ANAS.  ...  arborea.  38. A. grisea, capite subcristato, abdomine albo nigroque maculato.  Anas fistularis rufus, rostro nigro, occidentalis. Edw. av. 193. t. 193.  Anas fistularis arboribus insidens. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 324. t. 272. Raj. av. 192.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocygna).
● "93. ALAUDA.  ...  arborea.  3. A. capite vitta annulari alba cincto.  Alauda rectricibus fuscis: prima oblique dimidiato-alba, secunda tertia quarta macula alba cuneiformi. Fn. svec. 192.  Alauda arborea. Will. orn. 149. Raj. av. 69. n. 2.  Habitat in Europa, gregaria volitans." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lullula).
● "TREE SPARROW.  FRINGILLA ARBOREA.  ... If disturbed takes to trees, like the White-throated Sparrow, but contrary to the habit of most of the others, who are inclined rather to dive into thickets" (A. Wilson 1810) (Spizelloides).


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