64 DICTIONAEY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Crested Diver : The TUFTED DUCK. (Ireland.) 



Crested Grebe: The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. Albin 

 calls it Crested Diver. 



Crested Heron : The COMIVION HERON. (Provincial.) 



Crested or Green Lapwing : The LAPWING. (Selbj^). 



CRESTED LARK [No. 60]. So named from its very distinct 

 and pointed crest. The name Crested Lark occurs first 

 in Willughbv (1678). It was added to the British List by 

 Yarrell m "1845 ("Brit. Birds," Suppl.) The bird was 

 formerly considered to be of medicinal value. Willughby 

 observes that " Dioscorides prescribes this bird to be eaten 

 roasted, Galen in some places of his works roasted, in. 

 some places boiled, to assuage CoHc pains. Marcellus 

 Virgilius prefers the powder of it, put in an earthen pot, 

 and dried or burnt in an oven, taken in water to the 

 quantity of two or three spoonfuls, before all other medi- 

 cines for the Colic." 



Crested Purple Heron : The PURPLE HERON. (Selby.) 



Crested Shag : The SHAG. (Montagu.) 



CRESTED TITMOUSE [No. 94, Scottish Crested Titmouse: 

 No. 95, Northern Crested Titmouse; No. 96, Central 

 European Crested Titmouse]. Occurs first imder this name 

 in Willughby (1678). Since the time of Macgilli\Tay and 

 Yarrell it has been commonly abbreviated to "Crested Tit." 



Creumhach. a Gaelic name for the ROOK. 



Crew : The MANX SHEARWATER. (Scilly Isles.) 



CRiiYR glas: The COMMON HERON. (North Wales) lit. 

 " blue crier." Another name is Crechydd (screamer). 



Crick aleel: The GARGANEY (?). Occurs in Merrett (see 

 Cricket Teal). 



Cricket Bird : The GRASSHOPPER- WARBLER. (Nor- 

 folk.) 



Cricket Teal : The GARGANEY. From its cry. Hett also 

 gives Crick as a name for the species. 



Cristel-hawk : The KESTREL. Derived from Fr. cristel= 

 kestrel. 



Crocker : The BRENT GOOSE. Also the BLACK-HEADED 

 GULL. 



Croman coillteach : The WOODCOCK. (lona and Mull) 

 lit. " crookbill of the woods." 



