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Black-headed Snipe : The SPOTTED REDSHANK. (Pro- 

 vincial.) 



Black-headed Thistlefinch. ^lacgillivi'aj's name for the 

 SISKIN. 



Black-headed Tomtit or Titmouse : The GREAT TIT- 

 MOUSE ; also the MARSH-TITMOUSE (I\Iacgilli%Tay). 



BLACK-HEADED WAGTAIL [No. 78]. A south-east Euro- 

 pean form of Yellow Wagtail. 



Black-headed Wigeon : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Provdncial.) 



Black Ibis : The GLOSSY IBIS. Occurs in Willughby. 



Blackie : The BLACKBIRD. (Northumberland, Yorkshire.) 



BLACK KITE [No. 251]. The name is foimd in Sibbald, and 

 in most modem authors. 



BLACK LARK [No. 58]. A West Siberian species first 

 recorded in 1907 for our islands. 



Black Marsh-Terx. MacgilliATav's name for the BLACK 

 TERN. 



Black ^Martix. Martlet. Swallow, or Swift : The SWIFT. 

 Occurs in Merrett (1667) as " Black Martin or Martlet," 

 and in Willughby (1678) as " Black Martin or S\nft." As 

 a provTncial name it is still in use locally. According to 

 Bolam the MARTIN is also so called " at Wooler, and 

 perhaps in other places, though [the name is] apparently 

 dying out." 



Black Neb or Black-nebbed Ci'ow : The CARRION-CROW. 

 (North Coimtry.) The latter form occurs in Be-oick (1797) ; 

 so called from its black bill. Nelson and Clarke give " Black 

 Neb " for the HOODED CROW and " Black-nebbed Crow " 

 for the CARRION-CROW in Yorkshire. 



BLACK-NECKED GREBE [No. 339]. This is the Eared Grebe 



of Pennant and succeeding Avriters. 

 Black Noddy : The Noddy Tern. (Jen\Tis.) 

 Black Ouzel: The BLACKBIRD. (Craven and Cleveland, 



Yorkshire.) Occurs in Turner as " Blak Osel." 

 Black Ox-eye : The COAL-TITMOUSE. (Forfar.) 

 Black Pheasant. An ironical Cleveland name for the 



CARRION-CROW. (Nelson and Clarke.) 

 Black Plover : The LAPWING. (Provincial.) 

 Black Poker or Black-headed Poker : The TUFTED 



DUCK. The former is a Norfolk name, " poker " being 



a common term for species of wild duck in East Anglia. 



Nelson and Clarke give "Black Pocker" (Poker?) for 



