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Park on the Roding in Essex, which adjoined a large heronrj'-. 

 Willughby also gives Crane as a name for the SHAG in 

 the north of England. 



Crane Swallow or Cran Swallow : The SWIFT. (East 

 Lothian.) 



Crank-bird : A Gloucestershire name for the LESSER 

 SPOTTED WOODPECKER. (Montagu.) Probably from 

 its cry resembling the creaking produced by the turning 

 of a windlass (Swainson). 



Crann lach : The TEAL. (lona and Mull.) Signifying " tree 

 duck." 



Crann-tach : The CURLEW. (lona and Mull.) Signifying 

 ■" one with a long bill." 



Crattick : The CO:\DrOX EIDER. (East Lothian.) 



Cravat Goose : The Canada Goose. Occurs in oMacgillivray. 



Craw: The CARRION- and HOODED CROWS. (Scotland 

 generally, also Yorkshire.) Sometimes written " Cra." 



CREA^I-COLOURED COURSER [No. 353]. The name is 

 foimd in ^lontagu as Cream-coloured Plover, Cream- 

 coloured Courser occuriing in Fleming, while Selby calls it 

 the Cream-coloured Swiftfoot, 



Cream-coloured Gull : The immature GLAUCOUS and 

 ICELAND GULLS. (Yorkshire coast.) 



CREA:^r-coLouRED Owl : The BARN-OA\TL. 



Crecer : The SONG-THRUSH. (North Wales.) It signifies 

 " chatterer." 



Creck. a North Country name for the LAND-RAIL. 



Crec y garreg. Crec penddu'r eithik : The STONECHAT. 

 (North Wales.) The first signifies " stonechat " and the 

 second " black-headed gorse-chat." 



Crec yr eithin : The WHINCHAT. (North Wales) lit. 

 " gorse-chat." 



Creeper: The TREECREEPER. Occurs in Tm-ner as 

 " Ci'eper," and in Willughbv as " Creeper." Merrett 

 applies the name to the WALLCREEPER. 



Creepie : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Kirkcudbright.) 



Creep Tree : The TREECREEPER. (Norfolk.) Also 

 Creepy-Tree (Bamsley, Yorks.). 



Creshawk : The KESTREL. (Cornwall.) Probably a cor- 

 ruption of Cristel-hawk (q.v.). 



Crested Cormorant or Crested Corvorant. Applied in dif- 

 ferent localities to both the SHAG and the CORMORANT, 

 but more apphcable to the former. 



