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Hay-bird: The BLACKCAP (Northants.) ; the WILLOW- 

 WARBLER (a general provincial name) ; the WOOD- 

 WARBLER (West Yorksliire); and the WHINCHAT 

 (Ryedale, Yorkshire), From the nest being composed 

 principally of dry grass. 



Hay-Crake : The LAND-RAIL. (Ackworth, Yorkshire.) 



Hay- JACK. A name applied to several small birds wliich build 

 nests of hay or bents, such as the WHITETHROAT, 

 BLACKCAP, GARDEN- WARBLER, etc. Also occurs as 

 Haychat (Northants.), Hazeck (Worcestershire) and Hay- 

 sucker (Devonshii'e) . Originally Hey-suck (or Heges-sugge) 

 according to Newton (see " Segge "). The Hay-chat of 

 North and West Yorkshire is the WHINCHAT. 



Hay-tit: The WHITETHROAT. (Oxfordshire, Shropshire). 



Haz, Hoet, Houz. Cornish names for a Duck. 



Hazel Linnet : The LESSER WHITETHROAT. (Provincial.) 



Heathcock: The BLACK GROUSE. (North Country.) Occurs 

 in Willughby. The female or Grey-hen is termed 

 Heath-hen. 



Heather-bleat or Heather-bleater : The COMIVION SNIPE. 

 (Beudck.) Also a provincial name in parts of the North 

 of England and in Scotland and Ireland. From its familiar 

 " drumming." 



Heather Lintie or Heather Lintee. A Border name for the 

 TWITE. From its habit of nesting amongst the heather ; 

 also applied in Scotland to the LINNET, and in Cumberland, 

 Westmorland, and Yorkshire to the MEADOW-PIPIT; 

 the latter being also known as Heather Cheeper. 

 Heather Peeper : The COMiAION SANDPIPER. (Aberdeen.) 

 Heath-poult. A New Forest name for the BLACK GROUSE ; 



lit. Heath-fowl, a name elsewhere applied to the species. 

 Heath Throstle : The RING-OUZEL. (Provincial.) 

 Heavy Plover. A name for the GREY PLOVER, according 

 to Hett. 



Hebog chwyldro. a Welsh name for the GYR-FALCON. 



Hebog llwydlas: The male HEN-HARRIER. (North 

 Wales) lit. " grey-blue hawk." 



Hebog dramor. A Welsh name for the PEREGRINE 

 FALCON ; lit. " foreign falcon." Hebog gwlanog was also 

 formerly applied to the " Lanner " or j^oimg Peregrine 

 Falcon. 



Hebog marthin. A Welsh name for the GOSHAWK. 



