38 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



BuTTERFLiP : The AVOCET. Montagu gives it as a provincial 

 name. 



BuTTERiE. A Holy Island name for the SAND-MARTIN ; 

 perhaps corrupted from Bitterie (q.v.). 



BuTTOUR : The BITTERN. (Turner.) 



Buzzard : The COMMON BUZZARD. Swainson gives Buzzard- 

 Hawk as a Forfar name for the species. The name Buzzard 

 is also sometimes applied to the MARSH-HARRIER. 



BwMP Y GoRS. A Welsh name for the BITTERN ; lit. " Boom 

 of the Marsh." 



Cackareen : The KITTIWAKE GULL. 



Cad Crow : The CARRION-CROW. (East Riding, Yorkshire.) 



Caddaw, Cadder, Caddy, Carder, Cawdaw. East Anglian 

 names for the JACKDAW; Turner (1544) has Caddo. 



Cailcheao-chean-ditbh. a Gaelic name for the COAL- 

 TITMOUSE. 



Cailleach-oidhche. a Gaelic name for the TAWNY OWL ; 

 lit. " old woman of the night." 



Cailleach-oidhche gheal. A Gaelic name for the BARN- 

 OWL ; lit. " white old woman of the night." 



Calandra Lark. A south European species which has been 

 supposed to have occurred in the British Isles. Calandra 

 (written Calander by Newton) is from Ital. Ca/aw(^ra=Lat. 

 caliendrum, a head-dress or ornament of hair. It occurs 

 in Chaucer (" Romaimt of the Rose ") as " Chalaundre " and 

 " Chelaundre." Edwards (" Gleanings of Nat. Hist.," pi. 268) 

 figured it in error as belonging to Carolina. Willughb}' 

 (1678) mentions the " Calandra, which perchance is no 

 other than the Bimting." This species being common 

 as a cage bird, it is quite likely that the British birds m ere 

 " escapes." 



Caley Tit : The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) 



Calloo : The LONG-TAILED DUCK. (Orkney and Shetlands.) 

 From its cry. Swainson also gives Cala^^ as a variant for 

 the same localities. Hett gives Calloo as a name for the 

 CURLEW. 



Calman-choille. The Gaelic name for^the RING-DOVE ; 

 lit. " wood pigeon." 



Calman-fiadhaich. The Gaelic name for the ROCK -DOVE. 



CambridgI Godwit : The SPOTTED REDSHANK. (Bewick.) 



Canada Goose. A North American species, which has been 

 domesticated in this country for more than two centuries, 



