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SCARLET GROSBEAK [No. 31]. Formerly kno\\-n as the 

 Rosy Bullfinch. 



ScART or Skart : The SHAG. (Orkneys and Shetlands.) From 

 the Gaelic scarhh. Also applied to the CORMORANT. 

 (Lanes., Northumberland, North Ireland.) 



SCAUP-DUCK [No. 301]. The name occurs in Willughby 

 (1678) and in Pennant and succeeding authors. Montagu 

 observes that " it is supposed to take its name from feeding 

 on broken shells, called scaup." Scalp (Old D. schelpe, 

 Old Fr. escalope) signifies a shell. It is called Scaup 

 Pochard by Selby. 



ScATjRiE, ScoRiE, or ScOEEY : The young of the HERRING- 

 GULL. (Orkney's.) In Shetland applied to any young 

 gull according to Saxby. 



ScHiNz's Sandpiper : BONAPARTE'S SANDPIPER. (Eyton.) 



SCHLEGEL'S PETREL [No. 330]. A South Pacific species 

 recently recorded as British (" P.Z.S.," 1908, p. 433). 



Scissors-grinder : The NIGHTJAR (Norfolk and Suffolk.) 

 From its jarring note. 



ScLAvoNiAN Grebe. See SLAVONIAN GREBE. 



Scobby: The CHAFFINCH. (Cornwall, North Yorkshire.) 

 Hett also gives " Scol^p3^" In Staffordshire " cobby " 

 signifies in good form or spirits. 



Scolder: The OYSTERCATCHER. (Orkney.) From Icel. 

 Skjoldr, piebald. Also occurs as " Shelder." 



ScooPER or Scooping Avocet : The AVOCET. Scooper occurs 

 in Charleton (1668). The name Scooping Avocet is first 

 fomid in Pennant (1776). Montagu ha=; Scooping Avoset. 

 The term " Scooping " is from the bird's habit of scooping 

 its food (marine worms, Crustacea, etc.) out of the mud or 

 sand by means of its peculiarly shaped bill. 



Scoot or Scout : The COMMON GUILLEMOT. (Northum- 

 berland , Yorkshire . ) 



ScoppER-BiLL. A local Norfolk name for the SHOVELER. 



SCOPS OWL [No. 226]. This tiny si^ecies was formerly called 

 Scops-eared Owl, under which name it occurs in Latham, 

 etc. It is the " Little Homed Owl " of Montagu (" Orn. 

 Diet.," Supp.). 



ScoRiE or ScoREY. See Scaurie. 



Scotch Canary : The YELLOW BUNTING. From its yellow 

 colour. 



Scotch Goose : The BRENT GOOSE. (Flamborough.) 



