238 DICTIONAKY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Falcon -gentle (q.v.), the term tercel or tiercel alone properly 

 signifying the male Goshawk. In Merrett's list (1667) 

 the Goshawk is called " Tassal." 

 Tiercel-gentle : The male PEREGRINE FALCON (see 

 Tiercel). Sibbald gives it as a Ross and Orknej^s name, 

 but it was in very general use in falconry, frequently also 

 being spelt Tercel -gentle. 

 TiETicK : The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Shetlands.) 

 TiEVEs' NiCKETor TiEVEs GEiT : The LAPWING. (Shetlands.) 

 Tiger Owl. A name for the SHORT-EARED O^VL. (Hett.) 

 Tile Swallow : The SWIFT (Yorks.) 

 Timmer doo : The RING-DOVE in Scots dialect. Timmer= 



timber, doo=dove. 

 Tinker : The PURPLE SANDPIPER. (Northumberland.) 

 Tinkershere (Tinker's hue) : The COJ^IMON GUILLEMOT. 

 (Provincial.) From its sombre upper- plumage. Hett 

 also gives it for the BLACK GUILLEMOT. 

 Tinner : The PIED WAGTAIL. (Cornwall.) 



Tinnock: The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) Swainson 



thinks it is from its shrill note. 

 TiNSiGL or TiNSiGL Y GWYS. Welsh names for the PIED 



WAGTAIL : the first signifies Wagtail, while the second 



(which is given to the WHITE WAGTAIL in North Wales 



by Coward and Oldham) signifies " Wagtail of the furrow." 

 TiNsiGL FELEN : The YELLOW WAGTAIL. (North Wales) 



lit. " yellow wagtail." 

 TiNsiGL lwyd: The GREY WAGTAIL. (North Wales) 



lit. " grey wagtail." 

 TiNTiE : The WREN. (Notts.) 

 Tin WEN Y GARN or Tin WEN y garreg. Welsh names for the 



WHEATEAR : the first signifies " white rump of the 



stone-heap," the second " white rump of the crag." 

 Tippet Grebe : The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Bewick.) 



From the breast-plumage being used for tippets by furriers. 

 TiRMA : The OYSTERCATCHER. (Martin's " Voy. St. Kilda.") 

 Tit. a term applied to indi\iduals of the family Paridce. 



Equivalent to "titmouse." From Icel. tittr, a small bird; 



lit. anything small. 

 TiTHYS Redstart : The BLACK REDSTART. Tithys (also 



the specific name) is from Sansk. titha, fire, or Lat. Titan, 



the Sim-god. both capable of allusion to the red tail and 



tail-coverts. See also REDSTART. 



