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CASPIAN TERN [No. 416]. The name is found in Selby and 

 was adopted by Yarrell and subsequent authors. 

 Macgi]li\Tay calls it Caspian Strong-billed Tern. 



Cassian Heron : The SQUACCO HERON. 



Cassin's Snow Goose. See SNOW-GOOSE. 



Castaneous Duck : The FERRUGINOUS DUCK. (Bemck.) 



Casur clock: The WHEATEAR. (Tipperary.) Signifies 



QT fyr] f* — h n 1'>T TTl f*V 



Cat Gull : The HERRING-GULL. (Ivirkcudbright.) 



Cathag. a Gaelic name for the JACKDAW ; probably imita- 

 tive of its cry. 



Catogle : The EAGLE-OWL. (Orkneys.) From Norw. 

 Katugl, from its similarity in habits and appearance to a 

 cat (Swainson). Saxby gives Catyogle as a Shetland 

 name for both the SNOWY-OWL and EAGLE-OWL. 

 Cat Owl is also applied to the LONG-EARED OWL. 



Cawdaw : The JACKDAW. (Suffolk.) From its note. 



Cawdy Mawdy : The HOODED CROW ; also the CURLEWS 

 (North Country.) 



Ceann dearg. a Gaelic name for the REDSTART. 



Cearc fraoich : The female RED GROUSE. (Gaelic) Ht. 

 '' heather hen." 



Cearc liath : The female BLACK GROUSE. (GaeHc) lit. 

 " grey hen." 



Cearc-thomain. a Gaelic name for the PARTRIDGE. 



Ceiliog coed. The former Welsh name for the CAPERCAILLIE ; 

 lit. " cock of the wood." 



Ceiliog ddu. A Welsh name for the BLACK GROUSE ; ht. 

 " black cock." 



Ceiliog y goed : The PHEASANT. (North Wales) Ut. 

 " cock of the wood." 



Ceiliog y Mynydd. A Welsh name for the male RED GROUSE 

 and BLACK GROUSE ; lit. " cock of the mountam " ; 

 the female is termed iar (hen) in place of ceiliog. 



Cethlyth (Y). A Welsh poetical name for the CUCKOO ; 

 lit. " the songster." 



CETTI'S WARBLER [No. 130]. Named Sylvia cetti by Mar- 

 mora in 1820, in honour of the Italian ornithologist, hence 

 the English name ; but its first occurrence in our islands 

 was in 1904. 



Chack, Chacker, or Checks : The WHEATEAR. From its 

 cry. The first and last are Orkney names. It is also known 

 in some parts as Check or Check-bird. 



