42 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



and the term " Carrion " is applied to this species from its 

 habit of feeding on the flesh of dead animals. Like the 

 Raven this species was formerly very generalty regarded 

 as a bird of ill-omen. In parts of Northamptonshire it is 

 beHeved to be a token of bad luck to see one flying alone. 

 The belief that it is unlucky to shoot a crow is widely 

 spread : Seebohm met with it on the Petchora, and I found 

 it prevalent in eastern Canada regarding the American 

 Crow, a species almost identical with the present. There 

 is a Cornish legend of St. Neotus impounding the crowds in 

 an enclosure during Church ser\dce to prevent their depreda- 

 tions while the people came to Church (Mitchell, " Paroch. 

 Hist. St. Neots," 1833) ; this enclosure is said to be still 

 visible. Dyer cites as an Essex sajong, in connexion with 

 crows fljing towards one : — 



One's unlucky, 



Two's lucky ; 



Three is health, 



Four is wealth ; 



Five is sickness. 



And six is death. 



It is said when a Crow makes a hoarse, hollow noise it 

 presages foul w^eather (Bourne). The saying "as a crow- 

 flies " refers to the Rook, wiiich flies straight across country 

 on its homeward journey, and not to this species. 



Carrion-Gull : The GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



Carr Lag-Goose. An old Yorkshire fow'ler's name for a variety 

 of goose fovmd on the carrs, probably the PINK-FOOTED 

 GOOSE. 



Carr-Sparrow^ : The REED-BUNTING. (Yorkshire.) 



Carr-Swallow. A former name for the BLACK TERN in 

 Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, from its frequenting the 

 "carrs " or marshes. In east Yorkshire it is applied 

 to the BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



Caseg eira : The FIELDFARE. (North Wales) Ht. " snow^ 

 ball." 



Caseg y ddryccin. A North Wales name for the MISTLE- 

 THRUSH ; lit. " Storm-cock." It has also been applied 

 to the FIELDFARE. 



Cas gan LoNGWTi (Sailor's hatred). The Welsh name for the 

 STORM-PETREL, signifying the sailors' dishke to it as a 

 portent of storms. Sw^ainson gives the name to the 

 BLACK GUILLEMOT, apparently erroneously. 



CASPIAN PLOVER [No. 357]. First recorded as occurring in 

 Norfolk by Saunders ("Manual," 2nd. ed., p. 537). 



