56 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS 



Common Kite. See KITE. 



Common Lapwt:ng. See LAPWING. 



CoMiMON Lark : The SKY-LARK. Macgillivray gives it as a 

 provincial name. 



Common Linnet. See LINNET. 



CoivoioN Magpie. See MAGPIE. 



Common Nuthatch. See NUTHATCH. 



COM^ION PARTRIDGE [No. 467]. The name &st appears 

 as " Common Partridge " in Willughby (1678). Turner 

 (1544) calls it the " Pertrige," Avhile Merrett (1667) has 

 " Partridge." It appears variously as Partridge or Common 

 Partridge in subsequent authors. 



Common Pheasant. See PHEASANT. 



Common Pigeon : The STOCK-DOVE. (Pennant.) 



COMMON POCHARD [No. 298]. The name occurs as Pochard 

 in Turner and also in Willughby and Ray, the latter authors 

 calling it " Poker or Pochard." Pronounced Po-chard, 

 the o long and the ch hard. Akin to Fr. pocher, Low Ger. 

 pohen, to poke. Littre gives pochard as Fr. for a drimkard. 

 " Poker " occurs in Willughbv. The female is knoAATi as 

 " Dunbird." 



Common Ptarmigan. See PTARMIGAN. 



Common Quail: The QUAIL. (Selby.) 



Common Rail : The WATER-RAIL. (Selby.) 



Common Redpole : The LESSER REDPOLL. 



Common Redshank Tatler. Macgillivray's name for the 

 REDSHANK. 



Common Sanderling. The SANDERLING. 



COMMON SANDPIPER [No. 387]. The name is found in 

 Pennant (1766) as Sandpiper, and in the later editions as 

 Common Sandpiper. According to Willughb}^, Sandpiper 

 was originally a Yorkshire local name. 



COMIMON SCOTER [No. 309]. The name appears m Pennant 

 (1766) as Scoter. Common Scoter seems to appear first 

 in Yarrell (1843). The word Scoter is of doubtful origin. 

 Willughby (1678) calls it "Black Diver." 



Common Scraber : The BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



Common Sea-IMall, Maw or Mew : The C0M:\I0N GULL. The 

 first name occurs in Willughbj'. 



Common Shelldrake : The SHELD-DUCK. (Yarrell.) 



Common Shoveler. See SHOVELER. 



Common Skua : The GREAT SKUA. (Yarrell.) 



