134 DICTION AEY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Keltie : The KITTIWAKE. (Aberdeen.) 

 Kentish Crow or Kentishman : The HOODED CROW. (Pro- 

 vincial.) 

 Kentish Dotterel : The KENTISH PLOVER. (Provincial.) 



KENTISH PLOVER [No. 360]. This species was first described 

 by Latham (" SjTiops.," Supp., p. 316) from examples sent 

 by Dr. Boys which Mere obtained at Sandwich, Kent, in 

 1787 and 1791, hence the name. It was distinguished under 

 the name of Charadrius alexandrinus by Linnaeus in 1758, 

 but even as late as 1842 Fleming \\'as of opinion that it was 

 only a phase of the RINGED PLOVER. Selby, YarreU, 

 and later \ATiters, however, include it as a good species. 



Kerhidh. a Cornish name for the HERON. 



Kertlutock. a name for the SHOVELER (Hawker) ; also 

 rendered " Kirk tullock." 



KESTREL [No. 237]. Fr. Cresserelk, Cncerelle; Old Fr. 

 Quercerelle or Qnercelle. The name first appears as Kestrel 

 in WiUughby (1678). It occurs in Turner (1544) as "a 

 kistrel or a kastrel," and in Merrett (1667) as " a Keshrel or 

 Kastrel." Pennant (1766) spells it " Kestril." In Lanca- 

 shire it is pronounced kisstrill. 



Ket Crow: The CARRION-CROW. (West Riding, York- 

 shire.) " Ket " signifies carrion. 



KiDDAw : The COI^IMON GUILLEIMOT. WiUughby gives it 

 as a Cornish name for the species. Swainson thinks it is 

 derived from skite^=to mute. 



KILLDEER PLO^^R [No. 361]. A North American species. 

 The name is derived from its cry. 



KnxiEWEEACK: The KITTIWAKE. (Orkneys.) From its 



cry. 

 KiLLiGREW : The CHOUGH (Charleton) ; Montagu also gives 



it as a provincial name. 



KiLLiLEEPiE : The COMMON SANDPIPER is so called in some 

 parts of Scotland, from its cry. (Gray.) Also rendered Killie- 

 leepsie (East Lothian). 



KiLLocKDOE : The BLACK GROUSE. (Scotland.) 



King Charles: The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Cheshire.) 



King Dfck. See KING-EIDER. 



KING-EIDER [No. 308]. The name first appears as "King 

 Duck " in Pennant's " Arctic Zoology," and as King Eider 

 in Fleming. It is the Greyheaded Duck of Edwards. 



