10 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



BAIRD'S SANDPIPER [No. 380]. A North American 

 species named by Coues in honour of Spencer P. Baird, 

 the well-known American ornithologist. 



Bakie. a Shetland name for the BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



Balbushard: The ]MARSH-HARRIER. Occurs in Turner 

 (1544) and is an equivalent of Bald Buzzard. In Aldro- 

 vandus and Gesner it is applied to the Osprey. 



Bald Buzzard. Pioperly the MARSH-HARRIER (from its 

 whitish cap) but also applied to the OSPREY. Willushby 

 (1678) appears to have confused the MARSH-HARRIER 

 and OSPREY together in his account (p. 69) of this bird, 

 and he confuses the Sea-Eagle and OSPREY also. Other 

 authors of his day in like manner confused the OSPREY 

 with the WHITE-TAILED or Sea-EAGLE. Merrett 

 mentions the "Bald Buzzard or Kite.'''' Montagu gives 

 the name to the OSPREY, while Swainson gives it as 

 an Essex name for the MARSH-HARRIER. 



Bald Coot: The COOT (.41bui and MacgiUi\Tay). Montagu 

 gives it as a provincial name, and it occurs in Ruttj^'s 

 "Nat. Hist, of Dublin." Swainson gives Bald Duck or 

 Bald Coot as a Somerset name, and Nelson and Clarke 

 give Bald Coot and Baldheaded Coot as Yorkshire names. 

 In Scotland it becomes Bell (q.v.) 



B.4LD Goose: The WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. (Scotland.) 



Bald Kite: The COABION BUZZARD. (Provmcial.) 



B-\LD Pate: The WIGEON. (Provincial.) 



Bankjug, Bantyjug, or Bank-bottle. Local names for 

 the CHIFFCHAFF and the WILLOW- WARBLER, on 

 account of the shape of the nest. 



Bank Lark: The TREE-PIPIT and MEADOW-PIPIT. 



(Yorkshire — Cleveland. ) 



Bank Martin, Bank Martnet, or Bank Swallow : The SAND- 

 -MARTIN. The name Bank Martnet occurs in Turner 

 (1544) and in Merrett, while Bank Martin or Swallow is 

 still in use pro\Tnciany. It arises from the bird's habit 

 of excavating its nest in sandstone banks or cuttings. 



Bank Sparrow: The WHINCHAT. (Provincial.) 



Bank Wren: The WILLOW - WARBLER. (Yorkshire- 

 South Holdemess). 



Barralot. Willughby records this as a Jersej^ and Guernsey 

 name for the PUFFIN. 



