52 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Coeswerdd: The GREENSHANK. (North Wales) Ut. 

 " Greenshank." 



Cog. a Welsh name for the CUCKOO ; from its cry. 



CoiLEACH coiLLE. A Gaelic name for the WOODCOCK ; lit. 

 cock of the wood. MacgilHvi'ay gives it as a name for the 

 CAPERCAILLIE. 



CoiLEACH DUBH. A GacHc name for the BLACK GROUSE ; 

 lit. " black cock ; " the Grey Hen is called Cearc liath. 



CoiLEACH FRAOiCH. A Gaelic name for the RED GROUSE, 

 lit. Heather Cock ; the female being called Cearc fraoich, 

 or Heather Hen. 



CoiLEACH RFADH. A GaeUc name for the RED GROUSE : 

 riiadh signifying red or reddish. 



Coistrel: The KESTREL. (Shakespeare.) From Fr. 

 cresserelle, cristel. 



CoiT. A Cornish name for the GREEN WOODPECKER. 



Goldfinch : The PIED FLYCATCHER. The name occm's in 

 Willughbj^, who describes a " bird called Coldfinch by 

 the Germans." It is figm'ed by Pennant (1766) imder 

 this name and by Edwards ; Swainson also renders it 

 Colefinch, and gives Coldfinch as a Shropshire name for 

 the YELLOW BLTNTING. 



Coldie: The LONG-TAILED duck. (Forfar.) 



CoLE-GoosE : The CORMORANT. 



Cole-mouse : The COAL-TITMOUSE. Occm-s in Willughby. 

 Also met ^^ith as Cole Titmouse. 



Colin Blackhead : The REED-BL^TING. (Renfrew.) 



CoLisHEEN : The PUFFIN. (Galway) lit. " an old woman." 



CoLK : The COMMON EIDER. Occm's in Martin's " Description 

 of the Western Isles." 



Collared Blackie : The RING-OUZEL. (Staithes, Yorkshire.) 



Collared Duck : The RUDDY SHELD-DUCK. 



COLLARED FLYCATCHER [No. 117]. This Continental 

 species was recorded as British for the first time in 1911. 



COLLARED PETREL [No. 332]. A Pacific species of which 

 one example was obtained in Wales in 1889. 



Collared Pratincole : The PRATINCOLE. (Selby, Yarrell, 

 etc.) 



Collared Stare : The ALPINE ACCENTOR. 



