202 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



ROSEATE TERN [No. 418]. The name is found in Montagu 

 (" Om. Diet.," Supp.). So called from the pink tinge on 

 the under-parts. 



ROSE-COLOURED STARLING [No. 14]. This name is found 

 in the 1832 edition of Bewick. It is generally called Rose- 

 coloured Pastor, from the prevailing colour of its plumage 

 and from Temminck's generic name (pastor) for it, and under 

 this name it occurs in Selby (1825). BcAvick (1797) has 

 Rose-coloured Ouzel (probably a rendering of Buffon's 

 " Le Merle couleur de Rose "). 



Rose Linnet : The LESSER REDPOLL (Yorkshire) ; also 

 the LINNET (in spring-plumage). Occurs in Fleming 

 for the first-named species. 



Rose-Lintie. a Border name for the LINNET (Lintie:=Lin- 

 net). Swainson says it is a Lowland name for the LESSER 

 REDPOLL. 



Ross's Gull or Ross's Rosy Gull. See WEDGE-TAILED 

 GULL. 



Rosy Bullfinch. Now called SCARLET GROSBEAK. 



RoTCHE, RoTcn, or Rotchie : The LITTLE AUK. Rotche is 

 a frequent name for the species, especially among sailors, 

 and originates, apparently, in its cry, Avhich has been 

 syllabled as " rot-tet-tet." According to Gray this species 

 is called Rotchie by the seafaring people on the shores of 

 East Lothian and Fifeshire. 



Rotherock. An old Orkney name for the BARNACLE-GOOSE. 



RoTT Goose : The BRENT GOOSE. From its cry (" rott "). 



Rough-Footed Eagle. See SPOTTED EAGLE. The name 

 occurs in Charleton and in Latham, but belongs to the 

 Lesser Spotted Eagle. 



ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD [No. 242]. The name first 

 appears as Rough-legged Falcon in the Appendix to Pen- 

 nant's "British Zoolog}'." Fleming and Yarrell have 

 Rough-legged Buzzard. 



Round-Berry Bird ; The RING-OUZEL. (Connemara.) From 

 its fondness for the berries of the rowan or mountain 

 ash (Swainson). 



Row-DOW or Roo-Doo : The HOUSE-SPARROW. (Northants.) 



ROYSTON Crow. The Old English name for the HOODED 



CROW, but still in use in the northern counties. It is 



foimd in Merrett (1667), and also Willughby, Albin and 



Pennant (1766 ed.). The latter in later editions calls it 



