132 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



JAY [No. 10, British Jay; No. 9, Continental Jay; No. 11, 

 Irish Jay]. Occurs in Barlow's Plates (1655), in 

 Merrett (1667), and in Willughby. From Fr. Geai. 

 Hartert has separated the resident British and Irish 

 forms of the Jay from the Continental form, hence the 

 change of name. 



Jay : The MISTLE-THRUSH is so called in many parts of 

 Ireland. (Thompson.) 



Jaypie : The JAY (Notts., Cornwall, Devonshire) ; the 

 MISTLE-THRUSH (Wilts.). 



Jay piet : The JAY. (Perth, and Sedbergh, Yorkshire.) 



Jay Teal : The TEAL. (Kirkcudbright.) Swainson thinks it 

 is from its colour. 



Jedcock : The JACK SNIPE. (Provincial.) 



Jennie Cut-throat : The WHITETHROAT. (Roxburgh.) 



Jenny Crow. A name for the HERON according tc Swainson. 



Jenny Crijdle : The WTIEN. (Pro\'incial.) 



Jenny Heron : The HERON. (Kirkcudbright.) 



Jenny Howlet : The BARN-OWL and the TAWNY OWL. 

 (North of England.) Yorkshire variations are Jinny Hullut 

 and Jinny Yewlatt. 



Jenny Jay or Jinny Jay : The JAY. (North and west York- 

 shire.) 



Jenny Owl : The BARN-OWL. (Northumberland.) 



Jenny Redtail : The REDSTART. (North Yorkshire.) Nelson 

 and Clarke give Jenny Wrentail and Wrenny Redtail as 

 local Yorkshire variations. 



Jenny Wren or Jenny. A common provincial name for the 

 WREN. It is in use in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, 

 and other coimties. Johnson (" Zoologist," 1848) also 

 gives " Jenner Hen " as a Yorkshire name, and " Jinties " 

 is said to be used at Bamsley. 



Jercock or Chercock: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (West- 

 morland.) Perhaps a corruption of " Shercock " (q.v.), 

 but Swainson thinks it to be from its harsh cry. 



Jeremy Joy (=January Joy). A Cleveland name for the 

 MISTLE-THRUSH.' 



Jer-Falcon: The GYR-FALCON. Also probably formerly 

 applied by falconers to the ICELAND FALCON and 

 GREENLAND FALCON. The name occurs in Willughby 

 (1678), and is a con-uption of Gerfalcon (or Gyrfalcon). 



Jerkin. An old falconer's term for the male of the GYR- 

 FALCON. 



