216 DICTIONABY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



SiBiLOUs Bush-hopper. A name for the GRASSHOPPER- 

 WARBLER. 



SiDANGYNFFON. A Welsh name for the WAXWING. 



SiFFSAFF : The CHIFFCHAFF. (North Wales). Imitative of 

 its song. 



SiGLDiGWT. A name for the PIED WAGTAIL and WHITE 

 WAGTAIL in South Wales ; lit. " shake-tail." 



SiGLEN felen: The YELLOW WAGTAIL. (North Wales) 

 lit. " yellow wagtail." 



SiGLEN LLWYD : The GREY WAGTAIL. (North Wales) lit. 

 " grey wagtail." 



Silk Tail : The WAXWING. It seems to occur first in the 

 " Phil. Trans." for 1685, p. 1161. 



Silver-eyed Guillemot or Silver-eyed Scout : The Ringed 

 Guillemot. The latter is a local name among the West of 

 Scotland fishermen (Gray), and is given as a Yorkshire 

 name by Nelson and Clarke. 



Silver Grebe: The RED-THROATED DIVER. (Kent.) 

 According to Swainson. 



Silver Owl : The BARN-OAAO.. (Forfar.) 



Silver Plover : The GREY PLOVER. (Cheshire, Yorkshire, 

 and Scotland.) 



Silver Pochard : The SCALT-DUCK. (Yorkshire.) 



Silvery Gull: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 

 (Pennant) ; also the HERRING-GULL (Ireland). 



Singing Titlark. A name for the TREE-PIPIT. 



SISKIN [No. 19]. The derivation is probably from the Dan. 

 Sidsken, or Swedish Siska, a chirper. The name " Siskin " 

 occurs in Turner (1544), also in Merrett and Willughby. 



Sithe-bill : The GLOSSY IBIS. (Willughby.) 



SiT-YE-DOWN : The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) Imi- 

 tative of its note. 



Skait-bird: The ARCTIC SKUA. (Old Scots.) Perhaps 

 from skite=:to mute. 



Skeel Duck or Skeel Goose : The SHELD-DUCK. (Scot- 

 land). Occurs in Sibbald as Skeeling Goose. 



Skeer Devil or Skir Devil : The S\VIFT. (Devonshire, 

 Somersetshire.) 



Skeldrake : The SHELD-DUCK (Be\^dck.) Also the OYSTER- 

 CATCHER. (Orkneys.) From the parti-coloured plumage. 



Skell Duck : The SHELD-DUCK. (Northumberland, York- 

 shire.) 



