34 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Browtj HA^VK : The MARSH-HARRIER (Ireland) ; the 

 KESTREL (Yorkshire). 



Brown-headed Duck : The G^OLDENEYE (female). 



Brown-headed Gull : The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Albin.) 



Brown Hen : The female BLACK GROUSE. 



Brown-hooded Mew. INIacgillivray's name for the BLACK- 

 HEADED GULL ; the head is really dark broA\-n. 



Brown Jerfalcon : The GYR-FALCON. (Latham.) 



Bro'wtst Linnet : The lilNNET. A common pro\incial name, 

 properly applicable to the bird in winter-plumage. 



Brown Longbe.ak : The RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER. 

 fSelby.) 



Brown Owl: The TAWNY OWL. (Pennant.) Occm's in 

 Willughby (1678) as the "Common Bro^ra or Ivy Owl." 

 Also commonly called Brown Owl or Bro^vn Hoolet pro- 

 vincially, the names arising from its ta^^'n3^-brown plumage. 



Brown Phalarope : The RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. 

 Occurs in Macgillivray. 



Brown Ptarmigan : The RED GROUSE. (Macgilliva-ay.) 



Brown Sandpiper : The LITTLE STINT. 



Brown Snipe: The RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER in its 

 Avinter-dress. The name is foimd in Pennant, Montagu and 



Brown Starling : The STARLING. (Young.) 



Brown Swallow : The SWIFT. (Renfrew.) 



Brown Tern : The COMMON TERN (immature). Occurs in 



Willughby. 

 Bro\\t? Tree-Creeper. Macgillivi'ay's name for the TREE- 

 CREEPER. 

 Brown Woodpecker: The TREECREEPER. (Provincial.) 



Fi'om its habit of climbing trees like a Woodpecker, and 



from its broAMi plumage. 

 Brown Wood-Wren : The CHIFFCHAFF. (MacgiJlivi-ay.) 

 Brown Wren : The WREN. (Pro\incial.) 

 Brown Yogle : The SHORT-EARED OWL. (Shetlands.) 

 BRiJNNICH'S GUILLEMOT [No. 446]. The name is found in 



Fleming, and also Yarrell and succeeding authors. 

 Bucharet : The SWIFT. (Forfar.) 

 Buckfinch : The CHAFFINCH. (Provincial.) 

 Budagochd. a Gaelic name for the COMMON SNIPE; 



Graham thought it a corruption of " woodcock " and 



therefore a misnomer. 



