70 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



CuNEATE-TAiLED GuLL : The WEDGE-TAILED GULL. 

 (Richardson and Swainson.) 



Cur or Curre. AppHed to the di\dng ducks generally, but 

 more especially to the SCAUP-DUCK. (See also Pied 

 Curre, Grey-backed Curre, etc.) 



CuRCAG or CuROCHDAG. GacHc names for the LAPWING. 



Curlew. See COIVEVION CURLEW. 



Curlew-help. An obsolete Lancashire name for the CURLEW 

 (Swainson.) 



Curlew-Jack : The W^IMBREL. An equivalent to Jack- 

 Curlew and Half-Curlew 



Curlew-Knave : The WHIIMBREL. Occurs in the " House- 

 hold book " of Lord William of Na worth (Cumberland), 

 1612-40 ; lit. small or half curlew, from A.Sax. cnafa, cnapa^ 

 a boy, the application of knave to a rascal or dishonest person 

 being much more recent. An equivalent to Jack-Curlew, 

 Half-Curlew, etc. (q.v.). 



CuRLEW-IvNOT : The WHIMBREL. (Spalding.) 



CURLEW-SANDPIPER [No. 374]. Formerly described as the 

 Pigmy Curlew, from its resemblance to a miniature Curlew, 

 the name being apparently first used by Montagu (1802) 

 as a translation of Latham's name Niimeniiis pigmeus, 

 based on Gmelin's Scolopax pigmea. The name Curlew- 

 Sandpiper is found in Yarrell (1st ed.). 



Curlew- WHELP : The BAR-TAILED GOD WIT. (Humber 



foreshores.) 



CuRLiEw : The COjNOION CURLEW. (Merrett.) 



CuRRE-wiGEON : The TUFTED DUCK. (Somersetshire.) 



Curwillet: The SANDERLING. Willughby says it is so 

 called " about Pensance in Cornwall." It is said to be 

 derived from its cry. 



Cushat : The RING-DOVE. Said to be from Lat. Questus (see 

 also Queest), but much more probably from A.Sax. cusccote, 

 a wild pigeon. Used in Westmorland, Yorkshire, Cheshire, 

 Berks., Bucks. ; also throughout Western Scotland (Gray), 

 It occurs in Turner (1544) as " Coushot," and as " Cowshot " 

 in Ray (1691), while Coward and Oldham give both 

 Cowshat and Cushat for Cheshire, and Nelson and Clarke 

 give Cooshat, Cushat, Cushard, Cowscot, Cooshout for 

 Yorkshire. Swainson thinks it is derived from its cooing 

 note, and he gives Cushat as a Northamptonshii'e name 

 for the STOCK-DOVE. 



