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Delor y drew, a Welsh name for the GREEN WOOD- 

 PECKER ; lit. " oak pecker " (?). 



Demoiselle Crane. This beautiful species cannot properly be; 

 included as a British bird. The name Demoiselle (a yourjT 

 lady) is borrowed from" the French, by whom it is also 

 applied to several other birds. 



Denmark Crow : The HOODED CROW. (Humber district.) 



Deryn coch y fflam : The REDSTART. (North Wales) lit. 

 "red fire-bird." 



Deryn du'r Llan : The SWIFT. (North Wales) lit. " black 

 bird of the church." 



DESERT-WHEATEAR [No. 168, Western Desert Wheat- 

 ear ; No. 169, Eastern Desert Wheatear]. The Western 

 form of this species is confined to the African Sahara, 

 while the eastern form is Asiatic, hence the necessitj'- for 

 distinguishing the two races. 



Devil : The SWIFT. (Berks.) 



Devil-bird, Devil-screamer, Devil-shrieker, Devil 

 Squeaker, Devil-screw. Yorkshire names for the 

 SWIFT. Devil-Screamer is also a Hampshire name for the 

 species, and Devil-screecher a Devonshire name. 



Deviling : The SWIFT. (Bewick.) It is in use as a pro- 

 vincial name in Nottinghamshire, Lancashire Westmor- 

 land and East Anglia. Devilin' or Dicky Devlin' are also 

 north and west Yorkshire names. 



Devil's bird : The PIED WAGTAIL (Ireland) ; also the 

 YELLOW BUNTING (Scotland) : because, says Macgil- 

 livray, its song is interpreted as signif;v'iiig, " Deil, deil, deil 

 take ye," that is, the cruel nesters. Devil-bird and Devil's- 

 Bitch are also among the Yorkshire names of the SWIFT. 



Devil Swallow : The SWIFT. (Provincial.) 



Dick Dunnock or Dicky Dunnock : The HEDGE-SPARROW. 

 (Provincial.) See Dunnock. 



DiCKiE-Di-DEE : The COINLVION SANDPIPER. (Lancashire.) 



Dicky Pug : The WREN. (Cheshire.) 



DiDAPPER or DiEDAPPER : The LITTLE GREBE. (Dorsetshire, 

 Hampshire, Yorkshire, Norfolk.) A corruption of Dive- 

 dapper. Nares says it signifies " Little Diver." Occurs 

 as Didapper in Willughby and Ray. 



Dike Smouler : The HEDGE-SPARROW. Occurs in Turner, 

 who says it signifies a bird that hides itself in hedges. 



Dinboeth \Y) : The REDSTART. (North Wales) lit. "hot- 

 rump." 



