A quel tempo si immaginò che questo uccellino provenisse da una immaginaria area del nord Europa chiamata Biarmia (Bjarmaland in antico norvegese) che doveva situarsi attorno al Mar Bianco. ###>At that time it was thought that this small bird was coming from an imaginary North Europe area called Bjarmia (Bjarmaland in old Norse) which was to be located around the White Sea.