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Beardie : The WHITETHROAT. (Provincial.) Probably 

 from its habit of puffing out the throat-feathers. 



Beardmanica : The BEARDED TITMOUSE. (Albm.) 



Beck. A local Norfolk name for the SHOVELER. 



Bee-Bird: The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (Norfolk and 

 Yorkshire.) Also applied to the BLUE TITMOUSE 

 (Hants.) and the WHITETHROAT (Devon.), the name bemg 

 derived from their supposed fondness for bees. 



Bee-biter: The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) 



Beech-Finch : The CHAFFINCH. So caUed from its partiaHty 

 to beech-mast. 



Beech-Owl : The TAWNY OWL. (Provincial.) From its 

 supposed partiahty for these trees. 



BEE-EATER [No. 205]. The name Bee-eater (implying its 

 fondness for bees) Avas first used, according to Prof. Newton, 

 in 1668 by Charleton (" Onomasticon," p. 87) as a translation 

 of the Greek Merops. It also occurs in Willughby and most 

 subsequent A\Titers, although ]MacgiIli\Tay attempted to 

 substitute " Yellow throated Bee-eater." The bird was long 

 knoAvn as a common European species, but according to 

 JNIontagu its first recorded occurrence in England was one 

 shot from a flock in July, 1794, near Mattishall in Norfolk, 

 and exhibited before the Linnean Society. 



Bee -eater. A local Northumberland name for the GREAT 

 TITMOUSE, which is found sometimes to have a propensity 

 for devouring bees. 



Bellcoot, Bellkite, or Bellpoot : The COOT. Corruptions 

 of " Bald Coot " or " Bald Pout." It occurs in Rutty as 

 " Belcoot or Baldcoot," and is found in Scotland as BeUkite 

 (=:Baldcoot) and BeUpout (=Bald fowl). 



Bellonius's Ash-coloured Gull : The KITTIWAKE GULL. 

 (Willughby.) 



Bellringer : ^ The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Kirkcud- 

 bright. ) 



Bell-Throstle : The MISTLE-THRUSH. 



Bell Wigeon : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Teesmouth). 



Belted Kingfisher. A North American species of doubtful 

 occurrence in the British Isles. The name occurs in Wilson's 

 " Amer. Omith." 



Beltie : The COOT. Probably a corruption of Baldie (see 

 BeUcoot). 



Benfelen (Y) : The YELLOW BUNTING. (North Wales) ; 

 Ht. " the yellow head." 



