192 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Red-headed Butcher-bird: The WOODCHAT SHRIKE. 



(Albin.) 

 Red-headed Finch : The LINNET (Pennant) ; the LESSER. 



REDPOLL (Swainson). 

 Red-headed Pochard : The COMMON POCHARD. (Selby.) 

 Red-headed Smew : The female SMEW. (Pennant.) It is 



a Holy Island name Tor the yoimg. 

 Red-headed Sparrow: The TREE-SPARROW. (Albin.) 



Nelson and Clarke give it as a Linton-on-Ouse (Yorkshire) 



name. 

 Red-headed WiGEON : The COMMON POCHARD. (Pennant.) 



Li local use in Cheshire and Northumberland. 

 Red Hoop : The BULLFINCH. (Dorset.) 

 Red Kite: The KITE. (MacgiUivray.) 

 Red Lark: The AMERICAN WATER-PIPIT. Occurs in 



Edwards (" Gleanings," pi. 297), Pennant, etc. 

 Red-legged Crow : The CHOUGH. The name used by 



Pennant, Lewin, Latham, Walcott, Montagu and other old 



wi-iters. Nelson and Clarke give Red-legged Daw as a local 



Yorkshire name. 

 Red-legged Falcon : The RED-FOOTED FALCON. 

 Red-legged Godwit : The SPOTTED REDSHANK. 



(Be-\\dck.) 

 Red-legged Gull : The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Ireland.) 



Also Red-legged Pigeon Mew in Norfolk. 

 Red-legged Horseman : The REDSHANK. (Albin.) 

 Red-legged Jackdaw : The CHOUGH. (North Ireland.) 

 RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE [No. 469]. The name first 



occurs in Willughby (1678). It was not formerly an 



indigenous species in our islands, having first been intro- 

 duced in Suffolk about 1770, while it has since spread 



throughout the south-eastern coimties. 

 Red-legged Sandpiper or Snipe : The REDSHANK. (Pro- 



vincially.) The former name is also applied to the RUFF 



(mthout its ruff). Red-leg is also a Norfolk name for the 



Redshank, and Red-legs a Yorkshire one for the same species. 

 Red Linnet: The GOLDFINCH (Cheshire); the LINNET 



(Hampshire, West Yorkshire) ; the LESSER REDPOLL 



(West Yorkshire). 

 Red Lobe-foot : The RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. (Selby.) 

 Red-neck : The COMMON POCHARD. (Cheshire.) 

 Red-Necked Bernicle-Goose : The RED-BREASTED 



GOOSE. (MacgilUvray.) 



