120 DICTIO^'AEY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Hebog yb Hedydd. a Welsh name for the HOBBY ; lit. 



" lark falcon." 

 Hebridal Sandpiper : The TURNSTONE. (Pennant.) 

 Hecco. An obsoJete name for the GREEN WOODPECKER, 

 from A.Sax hicgan=to try. Occurs in Drayton's 

 " The Owl " as " sharp neb'd hecco." 

 Heckle or Heeklb : The GREEN WOODPECKER. From the 



same derivation as Hecco. 

 Heckymal, Hackymal, Hackmal, Hagmal, HiCKJViAL : The 

 BLUE TITMOUSE. (Cornwall and DevonsMre.) From 

 the strong pecks wliich it deals with its bill, according to 

 Swainson. Heek^anal is also a Dartmoor name for the 

 GREAT TITMOUSE. 

 Hedge-Accentor. Sometimes applied to the HEDGE- 

 SPARROW, on account of its belonging to the former 

 genus Accentor, and to avoid the misnomer " Sparrow." 

 The name is found in Selby (1825) and was adopted by 

 Yarrell (1843). 

 Hedge-Betty: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provmcial.) 

 Hedge-Chanter: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Macgillimiy.) 



Also a local name in Yorkshire. 

 Hedge-Chat: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Northants.) 

 Hedge-Chicken: The WHITETHROAT. (Pi-o\dncial.) 

 Hedge-Chicker : The WHEATEAR. (Provincial.) 

 Hedge-Creeper : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Yorkshire.) 

 Hedge-Jug: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provinoial.) From 



the shape of the nest. 

 Hedge-muvE : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Sussex.) 

 HEDGE-SPARROW [No. 188, British Hedge-Sparrow ; No. 187, 

 Continental Hedge-Sparrow]. The name occurs as 

 " Hedge-sparr'w " in Chaucer, and as " Hedge sparrow " 

 in Turner (1544), in Merrett, and in Willughby ; 

 and Ave find it stated in the latter that, "In the 

 nest of this bird the Cuckow is said to lay her egg, which 

 the foolish bird sits upon, hatches and brings u]) the young 

 one till it be fledg'd and can shift for itself." Chaucer also 

 alludes to the Cuckoo in his " Parliament of Foules " as the 

 " murtherer " of the Hedge-Sparrow that brought it forth. 

 Turner identifies the Troglodytes of .'Etius and others A\dth 

 the Hedge-Sparrow, but it is of course the WREN. 

 Hartert has lately separated the resident British form from 

 the Continental form, only a few examples of wliich have, 

 however, yet been certainly identified here. 



