218 DICTIONAEY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Slab. A North Country name for the WRYNECK. (Swainson.) 



Slate-backed Throstle : The FIELDFARE. (Yorkshire.) 



SLAVONIAN GREBE [No. 337]. Occurs as " Sclavonian 

 Grebe " in Montagu's " Om. Diet." (1802) and the name is 

 often so spelt. It is the Homed Grebe of Latham and the 

 " Black-and-white Dobcliick " of Edwards. 



Sleightholme Throstle: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Arken- 

 garthdale, Yorkshire.) 



SLENDER-BILLED CURLEW [No. 407]. A West Siberian 

 species of which three examples were obtained in Kent in 1910. 



Slender-billed Nftcracker. See NUTCRACKER. 



Slight Falcon. An old falconer's name for the PEREGRINE 

 FALCON. (Sebright.) 



Sly Goose: The SHELD-DUCK. (Orkneys.) From its crafti- 

 ness. Sly Duck is also a Yorkshire name for the species. 



Small Barred Woodpecker: The LESSER SPOTTED 

 WOODPECKER. (Provincial.) 



Small Brown Gull : The immature COiVIMON TERN. (Pen- 

 nant.) 



Smaix Curlew. A name for the BLACK-TAILED GOD WIT ; 



also the ESKIMO-CURLEW. 

 Small Diver : The SLAVONIAN GREBE. (Humber.) 

 Small Doucker : The LITTLE GREBE. (East Lothian.) 

 Small Ducker : The LITTLE GREBE. (Yorkshire.) 

 Smaller Redpoll Linnet : The LESSER REDPOLL. 



(Macgilliviay.) 

 Small Grey Goose : The BEAN-GOOSE. (ProWncial.) 



Occurs in Montagu. 

 Small Maa : The COMMON GULL. (Shetlands.) Maa= 



Mew or Gull. 

 Small Purl : The LITTLE TERN. (Norfolk.) 

 Small Spotted Water-hen : The SPOTTED CRAKE. (Pen- 

 nant.) 



Small-Straw. A Yorkshire name for the smaller warblers 



which build nests of dried grass, etc. 

 Small Wood-Pigeon: The STOCK-DOVE. (Northumberland.) 

 Smalster: The WHITETHROAT. (Cheshire.) Perhaps a 



corrujjtion of " Small Straw." (See below.) 

 Smastray (=Small Straw) : The GARDEN- WARBLER. 



(Cheshire.) Small Straw is a name for this bird, as well 



as the WHITETHROAT and other species, in Yorkshire. 



From the materials used for the nest. 



