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being that its gaudih'-coloured plumage suggested a jester's 

 parti-coloured coat. 



Foot-arse or Foot-ix-arse : The LITTLE GREBE. 

 (Cheshire.) 



For Hwyad ddu (Y). A Welsh name for the CO]\E\ION 

 SCOTER ; lit. " black sea-duck." 



Fork-tailed Kite : The KITE. (Merrett.) Also formerly 

 occurred as Forked Kite (Thornton) and Fork-tail 

 (Yorkshire). 



Fork-tailed Petrel : LEACH'S FORK-TAILED PETREL. 

 (Fleming, Yarrell, etc.) 



Fork-tailed Storm Petrel : LEACH'S FORK-TAILED 

 PETREL. (Selby.) 



Fr.^xk: The CO.ADIOX HEROX. (Suffolk, Essex, Stirling.) 

 From its cry. 



Frao. a Cornish name for the SHORT-EARED OWL. 



Freckled Heron. The A3IERICAX BITTERN was first 

 described imder this name by Col. Montagu in 1813 in the 

 Supplement to liis '•'Ornithological Dictionaiy." 



Freckled Sandpiper : The KNOT (when changing to summer- 

 plumage). 



French Bird : The FIELDFARE is so called at Wirral, 

 Cheshire, according to Coward and Oldham. 



French Galley-bird: The LESSER SPOTTED WOOD- 

 PECKER. (Sussex.) " Galley-bird " signifies merry or 

 laughing bird, in allusion to its loud call, being derived 

 from A.Sax. g'aZ=merry. For the significance of "French," 

 see French Magpie. 



French Heckle : The LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 

 See above, and also " Heckle." 



French Heron : The BITTERN. (Provincial.) 



French Linnet : The LESSER REDPOLL (Yorkshire.) The 

 CHAFFINCH (South Holderness) ; the BRAMBLLNG 

 (North Yorkshire). 



French ^Iagpie or French Pie. Names often siven to the 

 GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER in the southern 

 covmties of England, while Gamer gives the first form also 

 as a Staffordshire name for this bird and Swainson the 

 second form as a Leicestershire name. It is also locallv 

 used for the GREAT GREY SHRIKE, which is referred to 

 in Walton's " Angler " as French Pie : and in each case 

 implies a stranger or foreigner, it being a common practice 

 to designate an uncommon bird by the name of its supposed 



