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CO:\LAION SNIPE [No. 409]. The name occurs in Merrett's 

 list (1667) as " Snipe or Snite," also in the same words in 

 Willughby. Turner does not mention any species of Snipe. 

 Derived from A.Sax. Snite, Ice. snipa, Dan. sneppe, a 

 snipe ; properly a " Snapper " from Old Dan. snabbe, a bird's 

 bill, which is also the derivation of the English " snap." 

 Inwards says that the " drumming " of the Snipe in the air 

 and the call of the Partridge indicate dry weather and 

 frost at night to the shepherds of GarroAv in Scotland. 



Cojioiox Stare : The STARLING. 



Common Starling : The STARLING. (Yarrell.) 



Common Swallow : The SWALLOW. (Willughby.) 



Common Swift : The SWIFT. (Selby.) 



Common Teal : See TEAL. 



COMMON TERN [No. 419]. This is the Sea-Swallow of old 

 authors. Pennant (1766) calls it the " Greater Tern," and 

 in his later editions Common or Greater Tern ; and succeed- 

 ing authors all call it Common Tem. Willughby and Ray call 

 it the Sea-Swallow and state that " In the island of Caldey, 

 adjacent to the southern shore of Wales, they call them 

 Sjmrres : and that little Islet Avhere they build Spurre 

 Island. In other places of England they are called Scrays, 

 a name, I conceive, framed in imitation of their cry, for 

 they are extraordinarily clamorous. In the northern parts 

 they call them Terns, whence Turner calls them in Latin 

 Sternce, because they frequent lakes and great pools of 

 water, which in the north of England are called Tarns." 

 In Norweg. Taerne ; Sw. Tama ; Dutch, Stern ; Dan. Term. 



Common Thicknee : The STONE-CURLEW. (Fleming.) 



Common Thrush: The SONG-THRUSH. Occurs in 

 ^lacgillivray. 



CojLMON Titmouse : The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Merrett.) 



Co>LMON Turnstone. See TURNSTONE. 



Common Whitethroat. See WHITETHROAT. 



Co>moN WiGEON. See WIGEON. 



CoaoiON Wild Dove or Pigeon : The ROCK-DOVE. 

 (WiUughbv.) 



Common Wild Goose : The GREY LAG-GOOSE. (Willughby. ) 



Common Wren. See WREN. 



CoinioN Wryneck. See WRYNECK. 



Coney-chuck. The WHEATEAR ; locally so called on account 

 of its frequenting rabbit burrows, and from its note. 



