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Tawny Bunting : The SNOW-BUNTING. (Young males or 

 females in winter-plumage.) Described as a separate 

 species by the older A\Titers from Pennant to Montagu. 



TAW^Y OWL [No. 229]. So called from its reddish-broMn, 



or ta\\Tiy colour. The name first occurs in Pennant (1766). 



Willughibv and Ray call it the " Common BroAMi. or 



Ivj Owl.'" 

 TAWNY PIPIT [No. 66]. So called from its buffish-broMn, 



or tawny, plumage. 



TEAL [No. 289]. Occurs in Merrett, and in Willughby and 

 Ray. Turner (1544) has "Tele" and Barlow '(1655) 

 " Teale." 



Teal-drake : The SCAUP-DUCK is so called by gunners in 

 the North. (Hawker.) 



Teary-eerie. Bolam gives this as a Northumbrian name for 

 the CORN-BUNTING; but is uncertain whether it is 

 derived from its song, or is a corruption of " weary-weary " 

 in allusion to its heavy flight. 



Teaser : The ARCTIC SKUA. (Pro\ancial.) From its habit 

 of harassing the Gulls and Terns until they disgorge their 

 prey. 



Teetan or Teeting : The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Orkneys and 

 Shetlands.) Also the ROCK-PIPIT (Shetlands). 



Teetick or Teetuck : The ROCK-PIPIT. (Orkneys and Shet- 

 land.) 



Teeuck : The LAPWING. (Pro\nncial.) From its cry. 



Tee-whaap. a name for the LAPWING. (Hett.) 



Tell-pie, Tell-piet, Tell-Pienot : The MAGPIE (N. Yorks.). 



TEMMINCK'S STINT [No. 377]. The name occurs as Tem- 

 minck's Tringa in Selby and Temminck's Stint in Jenyns ; 

 as Temminck's Sandpiper in Eyton. The species was named 

 by Leisler in 1812 in honour of the celebrated ornithologist 

 Temminck. 



TENGMALM'S OWL [No. 2211. The name appears in Jen>Tis 

 (1825). This little species was named by Gmelin in honour 

 of Tengmalm. hence its English name. 



Tercel : The male GOSHAWK. See Tiercel. 



Termagant, or Termigant. An old English spelling of the 

 name PTARMIGAN. Newton has sho\Mi that the former 

 spelling Mas used by Taylor (the " water " poet) in 1630, 

 and the latter bj^ James I in 1617. 



