58 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Continental Coal-Titmouse. See C0AL-TIT:M0USE. 



Continental Golden-crested Wren. vSee GOLDEN- 

 CRESTED WREN. 



Continental Great Titmouse. See GREAT TITMOUSE. 



Continental Hedge-Sparrow. See HEDGE-SPARROW. 



Continental Redbreast. See REDBREAST. 



Continental Song-Thrush. See SONG-THRUSH. 



Coo-Doo : The COMMON EIDER. (BeTOickshire and East 

 Lothian.) From its croonina note (Bolam). 



Cooper : The WHEATEAR. (South Pembroke.) 



CooscoT or CoosHOUT : The RING-DOVE (Craven and Tees- 

 dale) ; from A.S. cusccote, a wild pigeon (see Cushat). 



COOT [No. 461]. The name occurs as " Cout " in Turner 

 (1544) and as Coot in Merrett (1667). The derivation 

 seems to be from the Welsh name Civta-iar, lit. " short- 

 tailed hen," from its very short tail. Newton observes it 

 is in some parts pronounced " Cute " or " Scute," and 

 thinks it is perhaps cognate with Scout or Scoter. Most 

 of our eighteenth century waiters from Pennant to INIontagu 

 call it the " Common Coot." Col. Hawker observes that 

 " if a gentleman wishes to have plenty of wild-fowl on his 

 pond, let him preserve the Coots, and keep no tame Sw^ans. 

 The reason that all wild-fowl seek the company of the Coots 

 is because these birds are such good sentries to give the 

 alarm by day, when the fowi generally sleep. But the 

 Mute Sw^ans mil attack every fresh bird that dares to 

 appear witliin reach of them — not so with the ' hoopers ' 

 — they are the peaceful monarchs of the lake." According 

 to Thompson the MOORHEN is called Coot in some parts 

 of Ireland, where " Bald Coot " is then the distinctive 

 appellation of the COOT. Coward and Oldham also give 

 Coot as a Cheshire name for the Moorhen. 



CooT-FOOTED Tringa. Edwards's name for the Phalaropes, the 



GREY PHALAROPE being termed Great Coot-footed 



Tringa and the RED-NECKED PHALAROPE being 



termed Cock Coot-footed Tringa and Red Coot-footed 



Tringa (female). 



CopoG : The HOOPOE ; signifying " crested." (North Wales.) 



Copped Wren : The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. (Rutty.) 



Copper Finch : The CHAFFINCH. (Devon, and Comw^all.) 



From the colour of the bi'east in the male. 

 Copper Head : The TREE-SPARROW. (Cheshire.) From 

 the colour of the cap. 



