PHEASANT — PIE. 179 



PlANET, PlEANNOT, PlANNOT, PiNOT, PyNOT, PyENATE, PiaNATE 



or Pyanet. Provincial names for the MAGPIE (North 



England), from Lat. pica. Pyanet occurs in Merrett (1667) 



and Pianet in Willughby and later authors. (See " Pie.") 

 PiBHiNN (pronounced pee veen.) A Gaelic name for the 



LAPWING. (Western Isles.) From its cry. 

 PiBYDD DDF : The PURPLE SANDPIPER. (North Wales) 



lit. "black piper." 

 PiBYDD GWYRDD : The GREEN SANDPIPER. (North Wales) 



lit. " green piper." 

 PiBYDD lleiaf: The LITTLE STINT. (North Wales) lit. 



" lesser piper." 

 PiBYDD llydandroed : The GREY PHALAROPE. (North 



Wales) lit. " broad-footed piper." 

 PiBYDD RHTJDDGOCH : The DUNLIN. (North Wales) lit. 



" ruddy piper." 

 PiBYDD Y TRAETH. A Welsh name for the COIVIMON SAND- 

 PIPER, and also the SANDERLING (North Wales) ; 



lit. " piper of the sand." Another name for the first 



species in North Wales is Pibydd y dorian (= piper of 



the streamside). 

 PiCAEiNi : The AVOCET. Montagu gives it as a provincial 



name. 

 Pick: The BAR-TAILED GODWIT. (Norfolk.) 

 PicKATEE : The BLUE TIT:\I0USE. (Notts.) 

 PiCK-A-TREE. A Northumberland name for the GREEN 



WOODPECKER. (Wallis.) 

 PiCKCHEESE : The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Norfolk.) 

 Pickerel: The DUNLIN. (Scotland.) 

 PiCKE-TA or Piccatabry: The ARCTIC TERN. (Orkneys 



and Shetlands.) 

 PiCKiE : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Teesdale.) 



PiCKIE, PiCKIE-BIJRNET, PlCKIE-MAW, PiCKMAW, PlCKMIRE, 



Pick-sea, or Pictarnie. Scottish Border names for the 

 BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



Pictarnie: The COALMON TERN. (East Lothian, Fife.) 

 Occurs in Sibbald as " Pictame." 



Pie. a provincial name for the MAGPIE. Occurs in Turner 

 (1544) as "Py," and in Aldrovandus (1599) as "Pie, 

 Pi J." Mid. Eng. pie or pye, from Fr. pie, Lat. pica, 

 Welsh pioq, Scott, piet, a Magpie. The name is applied also 

 to many other birds which present more or less of black 

 and white in their plumage. (See " French Pie," etc.) 



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