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



Hedge W^irbler : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (BeA\dek.) Also 

 local name in Yorkshire. 



Hedgy or Hedger : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provincial.) 



Hedydd, Ehedydd, or Uchedydd. Welsh names for the SKY- 

 LARK; the first two signify a "flier," the third a "high 

 flier." 



Hedydd-y-coed. The Welsh name for the WOOD-LARK; 

 lit. " wood-lark." 



HEEDY-CRA^v: The HOODED CROW. (Scotland.) No doubt 

 a coriuption. 



Hefful, Heffald: The GREEN W^OODPECKER. (York- 

 shire.) Probablj^ same as " yaffle." 



Hegrie, Hegril's skip, or Skip Hegrie : The HERON. (Shet- 

 land?.) 



Helegi'G : The PLTFTN. Willughby records it as so called 

 in South Wales. 



Hellejay : The RAZORBILL. (Shetlands.) Hett also gives 

 " HeJligog " for this species. 



Hempie : ' The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Scotland and York- 

 shire.) 



Hen-Driver. An occasional name for the HEN-HARRIER 

 (Thornton.) 



HEN-HARRIER [No. 24]. Formerly a common species in our 

 islands, but now rare as a breeding species. The names 

 Hen-Harrier (male) and Ring-tail (female) both occur in 

 Willughby (1878). Turner (1544) has "Hen harroer," 

 and says, " It gets this name among our countrymen from 

 butchering their fo'wls." It is related in the " Zoologist " 

 that in the Hebrides it is said of any one, should he^be more 

 than ordinarily fortimate on a certain day, that he must 

 have seen the " clarahan luch " or Hen-Harrier. 



Hen Harroer: The HEN-HARRIER. Occurs in Turner 

 (1544), and is copied from him by Aldrovandus. 



Herald : The COMMON HERON. (Forfar.) 



Herald Duck or Herald : The RED-BREASTED :\IER- 

 GANSER. (Shetland Isles, Forfar.) 



Herdsman : The GREAT SKUA. (Orkneys.) Because it is 

 believed to protect the yovmg lambs from Eagles (Swainson.) 



Herl : The adult male ^RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 

 (Northumberland. ) 



Her^ht Crow : The CHOUGH. From its solitary habits. 



