236 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Tern: The SANDWICH TERN. (Northumberland.) Dis- 

 tinguished locally by its larger size than other species as 

 " the Tern " or "Large Tern " (Bolam). 



Teuchbt, Teuchit, Tewhit, Tewet, TeIfit, or Tewfit : The 

 LAPWING: (North country and Scotland.) So called 

 from its crj^ 



Teuk : The REDSHANK. (Essex.) From its cry. 



Thack or Thatch Sparrow : The HOUSE-SPARROW. (Nor- 



thants., Shropshire.) 

 Thick-bill : The BULLFINCH. (Lancasliire, Yorks.) 



Thick-billed Guillemot: BRLTNNICH'S GUILLEMOT. 



(Provincial.) 



Thick-billed Nutcracker. See NUTCRACKER. 



Thick-kneed Bustard : The STONE-CURLEW. From the 

 thick swollen appearance of the knees when young. Occurs 

 in Permant ( 1 766) and other writers to Montagu. Also f oimd 

 as Thick-knee. 



Thin-neck : The PINTAIL. (Holy Island.) 



Thin-Thresher. A name for the MISTLE-THRUSH. (Hett.) 



Thirstle : The SONG-THRUSH. (Devonshii-e, Cornwall, Shrop- 

 shire.) A corruption of Throstle. 



Thistle-cock : The CORN-BUNTING. (Orkneys.) 



Thistle finch, Thistle-bird, or Thistle-warp : The GOLD- 

 FINCH. (Provincial. ) The first name occurs in Willughby . 



Thomas Gierdet. Hett gives this as a name for the RED- 

 BREAST. 



Thorn-grey : The LINNET. (Ireland.) Thorn Linnet is a 

 Yorks. name for the saine species. Hett gives Thomey- 

 grey as a name for the LESSER REDPOLL. 



Thorn Warbler : The SEDGE WARBLER. (E. Cleveland.) 



Three-toed Quail : The Amlalusian Hemipode. 



Three-toed Sand-Grouse : PALLAS'S SAND-GROUSE. 



Thresher : The SONG-THRUSH. (Provincial.) 



Thrice Cock. A Midland and North of England name for the 

 MISTLE-THRUSH. In use in Cheshire and Sliropshire, 

 and Jesse (" Gleanings," 2nd ser.) gives it as a Staf- 

 fordshire name. The literal meaning is " thrush cock," 

 thrice being from A.Sax. thrysce=^thr\ish.. 



Throg, Throggy, or Throllie : The SONG-THRUSH. 

 (Cheshire.) The third form also occurs in North Yorkshire. 

 A corruption of " Throstle " (q.v.). 



