200 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



impression that they were one and the same species. In 

 Northumberland the name is sometimes applied to the 

 Stock-Dove on accomit of its nesting at times on crags, 

 while Svvainson gives Rock Dove as an Irish name for the 

 BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



EocKET-DovE : The STOCK-DOVE. (Gunnergate-in-Cleveland.) 

 From the rocket-like flight as it leaves the ivy-clad trees 

 (Nelson and Clarke). 



Rock Grouse. A name for the PTARMIGAN. 



Rock Hawk : The MERLIN. (Provincial.) From its habit 

 of perching on rocks. 



Rockier : The ROCK-DOVE. ^Montagu gives this as a pro- 

 vincial name for the species. It is also spelt " Rocker." 



Rock Lark: The ROCK-PIPIT. (Montagu.) It is a Brid- 

 lington (Yorkshire) name for the species. 



Rock Lintie : The ROCK-PIPIT. (Aberdeen.) 



Rock-Martnet : The SWIFT. (Merrett.) 



Rock-Ouzel: The RING-OUZEL. (Lancashire and Yorkshire.) 

 Willughby gives it as a Derbyshire name for the same 

 species. It is applied to the DIPPER at Longdendale, 

 Cheshire. 



Rock-Pigeon : The ROCK-DOVE. (Flamborough and Bemp- 

 ton, Yorkshire.) Nelson and Clarke state that the STOCK- 

 DOVE is there called Rock-Dove. 



ROCK-PIPIT [No. 72]. The name is found in Selby (1825). 

 It is the Rock Lark of Montagu, the Dusky Lark of Le\\-in 

 and Pennant, the Sea Lark of Walcott and the Sea Titling 

 of Fleming. 



Rock Plover : The GREY PLOVER. (Wexford.) 



Rock Sandpiper : The PURPLE SANDPIPER. (Northum- 

 berland.) 



Rock Sparrow: The TREE-SPARROW. (Cheshire; and 

 Halifax, Yorkshire.) 



Rock Starling : The RING-OUZEL. (Roxburgh.) 



ROCK-THRUSH [No. 165]. First described and named by 

 Vigors (" Zool. Jnl," ii, p. 396). Its home is in the mountain 

 ranges of South and Middle Europe, hence its name. 



Rock Tringa : The PURPLE SANDPIPER. (Selby.) 



Rocus. A Gaelic name for the ROOK. 



Rodge, a name for the GADWALL. (Swainson.) 



RoDNA-HiNLEN. A Cornish name for the LAPWING. 



