BAIRD's — BARLEY-BIRD. 11 



Barhary Partridge. A North-west African species, of which 

 examples (probably introduced birds) have been taken 

 in Britain. It was added to the British List by Yarrell 

 f " Brit. Birds," Supp., 1845). The name is found ui Latham. 



Barcud or Barcutan. A Welsh name for the KITE ; lit. 

 " swift hawk." In Xorth Wales it is generally applied 

 to the CO:\IMON BUZZARD, according to Coward and 

 Oldham. 



Barcud glas. A Welsh name for the HEN-HARRIER ; lit. 

 " blue kite." 



Bardrake: The SHELD-DUCK; also the RED-BREASTED 

 MERGiVNSER. See Bargander. Swainson gives it as 

 an Irish name for the former species. 



Barefaced Crow: The ROOK. So called from the bare 

 whitish skin surroimding the base of the bill. 



B-ARETOED Day-Owl. MacgilHvi'ay's name for the LITTLE 



OWL. 

 Barfog (Y). a Welsh name for the BEARDED TITMOUSE. 



B.4RGANDER, BaRGANSER, BeRGAKDER, or BaR- GOOSE : The 



SHELD-DUCK. Etymology uncertain, but most probably 

 from the conspicuous chestnut '' bar " or band on the 

 breast. Occurs in Turner, Willughby and ^Merrett as 

 " Bergander." Evans thinks it should be spelt " Burgander. 

 i.e. Burrow Duck," while Turner suggested " Berg-ander '" 

 from its nesting in "holes of lofty rocks" (see SHELD- 

 DUCK). Accoi'ding to Wallis, Bergander is a Northumbrian 

 name, and Bolam says it is pronoimced Banganner about 

 Boulmer. Swainson also gives Bar-goose as an Essex 

 name for the BARNACLE-GOOSE. 



B.vrgez. a Cornish name for the KITE. 



Baek-Creeper : The TREECREEPER. (Pro\ancial.) 



B.ARKER : The AVOCET. Also applied to the BLACK-TAILED 

 GODWIT, while Newton points out that Albin has figured 

 the GREENSHANK imder this name, and ]\Iontagu, 

 taking the plate to be that of the SPOTTED REDSHANK, 

 has applied the name " Barker " to that bird also. Albin 

 says the decoy-men so called it because it " makes a noise 

 like the barking of a dog." 



Barley-Btrd. Variously applied locally to the GREY 

 WAGTAIL (Yorks.), the YELLOW WAGTAIL (Notts.), 

 the NIGHTINGALE (East Anglia), and the WRYNECK 

 (Hants.), and also to the CO^DION GULL, on account 



