90 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



country of origin. It occurs also sometimes in falconry 

 books for this species. Swainson also applies French 

 Maapie to the RED-BACKED SHRIKE (Sussex) and the 

 LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 



French Partridge : The RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 

 In Nottinghamshire " Frenchman " is a local name for this 

 species, but at Bridlington it is applied to the BLACK 

 TERN. 



French Piefinch : The BR AMBLING. (Provincial.) 



French Pigeon : The LAPWING. (Provincial.) 



French Sparrow: The TREE-SPARROW. (Pro^dncial.) 

 Also the SNOW-BUNTING. (North Riding, Yorkshire.) 



French Woodpecker: The GREAT SPOTTED WOOD- 

 PECKER. (Provincial.) 



French Yellow Hammer : The CIRL BUNTING. (Devon- 

 shire.) 



Freshwater Sandlark : The COMMON SANDPIPER. (Ire- 

 land.) 



Freshwater Wigeon : The COMMON POCHARD. (North 

 Ireland.) Also the GOLDENEYE (Strangford Lough). 



FRIGATE-PETREL [No. 323]. This well-lmown bird, first 

 described by Latham in 1790, is now ascertained to be 

 a very rare straggler to our shores from the Southern Ocean. 



Fronfraith: The SONG-THRUSH. (North Wales) lit. 

 " mottle-breast." 



Fronfraith fawr : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (North Wales) 

 lit. " great mottle-breast." 



Frosty-back Wigeon : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Provincial.) 



Ffffit : The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (East Lothian.) 



FuLFRAN LEL\F. A Welsh name for the SHAG ; lit. " lesser 

 crow." 



Full Curlew : The CURLEW ; in contradistinction to the 

 WHIMBREL (or " Half-CurlcAV "). The COMMON SNIPE 

 is also sometimes termed Full Snipe to distinguish it from 

 the JACK (or Half) SNIPE. 



FULMAR PETREL [No. 334]. The name Fulmar is found in 

 Pennant (fo. ed., 1766) and is used by all succeeding authors 

 except Montagu, who spells it Fulmer, the added word 

 Petrel being seldom used, although foimd in Yarrell (1843) 

 and others. The name is said to be derived from the 

 Gaelic Fulmair, but Mr. Har\^e-Bro^vn (" Zoologist," Oct., 

 1912) decides that the Gaelic is derived from the English 

 and not the English from the Gaehc. The English name 



