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British Marsh-Titmouse. See MARSH-TITMOUSE. 



British Nuthatch. See NUTHATCH. 



British Redbreast. See REDBREAST. 



British Song-Thrush. See SONG-THRUSH. 



British Willow-Titmouse. See WILL0W-TIT:\I0USE. 



Broadbill or Broad-billed Duck : The SHOVELER. (Pro- 

 vincial] v.) So called from its spatulate bill. 



BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER [No. 385]. The name is 

 found in Gould'.s " Birds of Europe " (pt. xvii.). 



Broad-billed Scaup-Duck : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Macgilli- 

 way. ) 



Broinx dearg. a Gaelic name for the REDBREAST. 



Brongie : The CORMORANT. (Orloiey and Shetland.) 



Broxruddyn or Brongoch : The REDBREAST (North 

 Wales) ; lit. " ruddy breast," and " red breast." 



Broxruddyn Y MYNYDD : The BRA^IBLING. (North Wales.) 



Broxwen: The WHITETHROAT. (North Wales) lit. 

 " white breast." 



Bronwex leiaf: The LESSER WHITETHROAT. (North 

 Wales) lit. "lesser Avhite breast." 



Brook Ouzel : The WATER-RAIL. (Willughby.) Hett also 

 applies the name to the DIPPER. 



Brook-runner : The WATER-RAIL. (Pro^incial.) 



Brown-and-white Gull : The immature GREAT BLACK- 

 BACKED GULL. 



BRO\\^'-BACKED WARBLER [No. 153]. A rare straggler 

 from south-east Europe, first recorded in 1907. 



Bro\vn Bee-Hawk. MacgilIi^a•av's name for the HONEY- 

 BUZZARD. 



Brown Buzzard : The CO:\DION BUZZARD. (MacgUIi\Tay.) 



Brown Crane. A North Anierican species of wliich a solitary 

 example, probably an escaped bird, has occurred in 

 Ireland. 



Brown Eagle. A name for the GOLDEN EAGLE. (Mac- 

 giUi\Tay.) 



BRO^\^^ FLYCATCHER [No. 115]. An Eastern Siberian 

 species, first recorded in 1909. 



Brown Gled : The female HEN-HARRIER. (Scotland.) 

 From its brown plumage, an English equivalent being 

 Bro\\-n Kite ; the male is called Blue Gled. 



Brown Gull : The GREAT SKUA ; also the immature BLACK- 

 HEADED GULL. 



