234 DICTIONARY OF XAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



whistle which the bird often utters, resembling the sound 

 of the pipe used bj^ the swdneherds of old when collecting 

 the animals imder their charge." 



Swing-devil: The SWIFT. (Northumberland.) 



Swiss Sandpiper : The GREY PLOVER. Swainson says it 

 was so called because Reaumur first received specimens 

 from Switzerland. 



Sycock: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Notts., Derbyshire.) 



SYKES'S WAGTAIL [No. 75]. A West Siberian species first 

 recorded for Britain by Butterfield in the "Zoologist" for 

 1902, p. 232. 



Sywider. a Welsh name for the WILLOW-WARBLER. 



Tabberer, Tapperer, or Tapper : The LESSER SPOTTED 

 WOODPECKER. (Leicestershire. ) 



Tael duik (=Teal duck) : The TEAL. (Scotland.) 



Taggyfinch: The CHAFFINCH. (Upton-on-Sevem.) 



Tame Swan : The MUTE SWAN. 



Tammie Herl: The COMMON HERON. (Perth.) 



Tammie Norie : The PUFFIN. (Orkney and Shetland.) 



Tangle-Picker: The TURNSTONE. (Norfolk.) Tangle is 

 a kind of seaweed. 



Tang Sparrow: The ROCK-PIPIT. (Shetlands.) "Tang" 

 signifies seaAveed. 



Tang-Whaap or Tang Whaup : The WHIMBREL. (Orkney 

 and Shetland) lit. " seaweed curlew." 



Tarad-y-Koed. a Cornish name for a WOODPECKER. 



Tari^iachan. The Gaelic name for the PTARMIGAN. 



Tarrock, Tarret, Taring : The COMMON TERN. (Shetlands.) 



Tarrock Gull or Tarrock. Properly the immature KITTI- 

 W^AKE GULL, but also applied to the voung of the 

 COAEVION GULL and also to the CO^VDION GUILLEMOT. 

 It occurs in Willughby for the first-named species. The 

 bird described under this name was formerly considered 

 a distinct species from the Kittiwake Gull. 



Tarry : The COMMON and ARCTIC TERNS. (Northumber- 

 land.) 



Tartan-back. A name for the BRAMBLING. (Hett.) 



Taster: The BLACK GUILLEMOT. (Sibbald.) See Tystie. 



Tatler: The COMMON SANDPIPER. 



Tawny: The BULLFINCH. (Somerset.) 



