36 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Bull-headed Wigeon : The COMMON POCHARD. (North 

 Ireland.) 



Bull Linnet : The LESSER REDPOLL. 



Bullock's Petrel : LEACH'S EORK-TAILED PETREL ; so 

 called from the type-specimen having been in Bullock's 

 collection. 



Bull of the Bog : The COMMON BITTERN. (Roxburgh- 

 shire.) From its "booming" cry. 



Bull's-eye or Bull's-ey^ed Plover : The DUNLIN ; also 

 the RINGED PLOVER (see also under Bullhead). The 

 name is probably from their prominent dark eyes. 



Bull Spink : The BULLFINCH. Occurs ui Merrett (1667) 

 as " Bui Spink." The names Bullspink and Bully are also 

 applied in Yorkshire to this species, and the latter (Bully) 

 locally in North Yorkshire to the CHAFFINCH. 



Bull Thrush : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Hants.) So called 

 from its large size and stout shape. 



Bully or Bullie : The BULLFINCH. An abbreviation of 

 Bullfinch. 



BULWER'S PETREL [No. 333]. The name appears to be 

 first published in Jardine and Selbv's " lUus. Orn." 

 (II, pi. 6.5, 1829). 



BuMBABREL : The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Notts.) 



Bumble : The BITTERN. (Provmcial.) 



BuMPY-coss. Montagu gives this as a provincial name for the 

 BITTERN ; another and more correct form is Bumpy 

 CORS, the derivation being from the Welsh name Bwmp y 

 govs, lit. " Boom of the Marsh." 



BuN-BHUACHAiLLE. A Gaelic name for the GREAT NORTHERN 

 DIVER. (West Isles of Scotland) lit. " herdsman of the 

 bottom " (Graham). 



BuNDiE. An Orkney name for the DUNLIN, and also the 

 COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Bunter: The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Provincial.) 



Bunting : The CORN-BUNTING. An earlier name for the 

 species. 



Bunting Crow : The HOODED CROW. (Montagu.) Swain- 

 son says it is an Irish name for the species. 



Bunting Lark : The CORN-BUNTING. Occurs in Montagu 

 as a provincial name ; Bunting or Buntling Lark is 

 also given by Swainson as a Scottish name for the species, 

 the name having its origin in the fact that in appearance 

 this bird somewhat resembles a lark. 



