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Corbie or Corby : The RAVEN. (Scotland, generallj^ and also 

 the north of England.) Mr. R. Godfrey writes that in 

 Shetland " corbjan' " is applied to the speech of a person 

 who is unable to pronounce the letter r aright : he is sup- 

 posed to resemble the " corby " or Raven in this respect. 

 The name is also applied in Scotland to the CARRION- 

 and HOODED CROWS. 



Corbie Crow or Corbie Craw: The CARRION-CROW. 



(North Country.) The second form is a common Yorkshire 

 name. 



CoRCAN-coiLLE. A Gaelic name for the BULLFINCH. 

 CoRFRAN, CoEGFR.\N : The JACKDAW. (North Wales.) The 



former signifies " dwarf crow," and the latter " sham 



crow." 

 CoRGWALCH. A Welsh name for the MERLIN; lit. "dwarf 



hawk," from its small size. 

 Corhedydd: The MEADOW-PIPIT. (North Wales) lit. 



" dwarf lark." 

 Corhwyaden: The TEAL. (North Wales) lit. "dwarf duck." 

 CoR-iAR. A Welsh name for the PARTRIDGE ; lit. " little 



hen." 

 CoRiAR YR Albin. A Wclsh name for the PTARMIGAN 



(Fleming) lit. " little hen of Scotland." 



CORMORANT [No. 316]. Derived from the Fr. cormoran, 

 Spanish cuervo ')narino^=Jja,t. corvus marinits, hence meaning 

 literally " Sea Raven." The name Cormorant occurs in 

 Turner (1544), also in Merrett and Willughby. Later 

 writers such as Pennant, Latham, Lewin and Montagu 

 spelt it " Corvorant." Milton (" Paradise Lost," bk. iv, 

 247-68) introduces Satan in the form of a cormorant who 

 perches upon the Tree of Life and beholds the beautiful 

 region spread out before him. It does not seem, however, 

 that evil associations have been properly connected \vith 

 this bird, as they have with the true Corvince. 



In olden times this bird was frequently trained to 

 fish, in fact the " Master of the Cormorants " was one 

 of the officers of the Royal Household. The bird was 

 carried by its keeper hooded, after the fasliion of a hawk, 

 to keep it quiet until its services were required. The 

 practice has survived vmtil recent times in Europe, as well 

 as in the East. 



CoRMOREL. A name for the CORMORANT, according to Hett. 



Corn Bird : The CORN-BUNTING. (Ireland.) 



