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Choice and Cheap : The CHIFFCHAFF. Swainson gives it 

 as a local name in the neighbourhood of Totnes, Devon. 



Choldrick : The OYSTERCATCHER. (Orkney and Shetland.) 



CHOUGH [No. 12]. This name is now used to denote a moun- 

 tain-bird of the Crow kind distinguished chiefly by its 

 curved red bill and red feet. It is chiefly found on our 

 Western coasts, hence its frequent name of Cornish Chough. 

 Turner, in fact, gives " Cornish Choghe " as the English 

 name for the species. The name Chough alone was at one 

 time in use for the JACKDAW, which is so called in Turner, 

 in Merrett's list, and also in Shakespeare. Willughby, 

 Merrett and Albin called the present species the Cornish 

 Chough, but succeeding writers up to the time of Montagu 

 generally called it the Red-legged CroAV. A Cornish 

 legend is to the effect that King Arthur's spirit entered 

 into this bird after death (Hawker, " Echoes from Old 

 ConiAvall "). 



Chub Lark : The CORN-BUNTING. (Yorkshire.) Perhaps 

 from its stout, or " chubby " appearance. 



Chuck or Chock : The WHEATEAR. From its note. 

 Chuffer : The CHAFFINCH. A corruption of Chaffer. 

 Church ]Martnet : The SWIFT. (Merrett.) 

 Church Owl : The BARN-OWL. Occurs in Sibbald, and is 

 also in use as a pro\TJicial name in Yorkshire and elsewhere. 



Churn : The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Cheshire.) 



Churn Owl : The NIGHTJAR. Found in Willughby (1678), 

 and ^\^lite gives it as a Hampsliire name. Swainson gives 

 Churr Owl as an Aberdeen name. 



CHURRorCnuRRMuFFiT: The WHITETHROAT. (Pro\dncia].) 

 Churr is from its harsh note, and Muffit from its habit of 

 X3uf3&ng out the throat-feathers. 



Churre : The DLINLIN in winter-plumage. (Norfolk.) 



Chwilgorn y Mynydd, or Cornicyll y Mynydd : The GOLDEN 

 PLOVER. (North Wales) lit. " mountain plover." 



Chwilog: The COMMON GUILLEMOT. (North Wales.) 



Chwfw or Chwiwell : Welsh names for the WIGEON. Pro- 

 bably from its call-note. 



Chwybanydd or Chwibanydd. A Welsh name for the BULL- 

 FINCH ; lit. "Avhistler." 



Cl-^ch FAWR : The GREAT SNIPE. (North Wales) lit. "great 

 snipe." 



