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Quick me dick : The QUAIL. (Oxfordshire.) Imitative of 

 its call-note. 



QuiCKSTART : The REDSTART. (Ii-eland.) 



QuiNK or QuiNCK-GoosB. A fowler's name for the BRENT 

 GOOSE : thought to be from its note. 



Quis : The WOODCOCK. (Wiltshire.) 



RADDE'S BUSH- WARBLER [No. 129]. An Eastern Siberian 

 species named in honour of Radde, who described it in 

 1863. 



Rafter or Rafter Bird : The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER is 

 so called from its nesting on rafters in old buildings. 

 (Montagu.) 



Rah. : The LAND-RAIL. Occurs in Willughby as the " Rail 

 or Daker-hen." Sometimes also used for the WATER- 

 RAIL. 



Rain-bird, Rain-fowl, or Rain-pie : The GREEN WOOD- 

 PECKER. (Provincial.) " Rayn byrde " is found in 

 Turner, " Rainfowl " occurs in Willughby, and Wallis tells 

 us it was so called in Northumberland. It is still a country 

 belief that when the cry of this bird is much heard rain 

 will follow. 



R.4IN Goose: The RED-THROATED DIVER. (Caithness, 

 Orkneys and Shetlands.) From its cry being thought to 

 foretell rain. 



Ralph. A name for the RAVEN. (Swainson.) 



Ralphie : The CORMORANT. (Whitby, Yorkshire.) 



Ramage-Hawk. In falconry a yoimg hawk that can fly and 

 prey for itself. Ramage is also used to denote a wild or 

 coy hawk. 



Rantock : The GOOSANDER. (Orkneys.) 



Rat-bird, Rat-hen : The WATER-RAIL. (Sedbergh, York- 

 shire.) 



Ratch: The little auk. (Shetlands.) Probably a corrup- 

 tion of Rotch or Rotchie. 



Rat Goose : The BRENT-GOOSE. Swainson thought it to be 

 from its note (" rott.") 



Rattle-thrush: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Yorkshire.) From 

 its harsh note. 



Rattle-wings. A fowler's name for the GOLDENEYE. 

 (Norfolk.) 



RAVEN [No. 1]. From A. Sax. hroefn, hrefn, a Raven : in Mid. 

 Eng. becoming raven, the initial Ji being dropped. Skeat 

 says it is derived from the cry and has no connexion with 



