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TREE-SPARROW [No. 41]. So called from its habit of nesting 

 cliiefly in boles of trees. The name appears to be first 

 found in Montagu (1802). It is the Mountain Sparrow or 

 Finch of many older authors from Albin to Bewick, probably 

 so called from the name Passer montana, under which it 

 appears in Willughby and Ra5% It appears to be the 

 Hamburg Grosbeak of Latham, and the Hamburg Tree- 

 Creeper and Red-headed Sparrow of Albin. 



Tkee-speiler or Bakk-speiler : The TREECREEPER. 

 (Scotland.) Speller signifies climber. 



Tkee-Widdle. Occurs in Albin for a species of Stint or 

 Sanderling. 



Tresglen. a' Welsh name for the MISTLE -THRUSH ; lit. 

 " screech," from its loud song. 



Tresglen goch : The REDWING. (North Wales) lit. " red 

 thrush." 



Treun re treun. a Gaelic name for the LAND-RAIL. 



Tricker : The WREN. (Thirsk, Yorks.) 



Trillachaj^: The OYSTERCATCHER. (Hebrides.) Occurs 

 in Martin's " Voyage to St. Kilda." 



Tringa: The PURPLE SANDPIPER. (Northumberland.) 

 Bolam gives it as a local name at Boulmer. 



Tringa Curlew : The CURLEW-SANDPIPER. 



Triollachan traigh. a Gaelic name for any of the smaller 

 shore birds (lit. " little quaverers of the shore "). 



Trochwr y llyn. a Welsh name for the DIPPER. 



Trochydd brongoch (y) : The RED-BREASTED MER- 

 GANSER. (North Wales) lit. " the red-breasted plimger." 



Trochydd gwddgfoch : The RED-THROATED DIVER. 

 (North Wales) lit. "red-throated diver." 



Trochydd mawr : The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (North 

 Wales) lit. " great diver." 



Trodzhen or EoHNOW-TRODZHAif. Comish names for the 

 STARLING. 



Troellwr : The NIGHTJAR. (North Wales) lit. " spinner," 

 from its churring note. 



Troellwr bach (y) : The GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. 

 (North Wales) lit. " the little spinner," from its song. 



Troet. a Comish name for the TURTLE-DOVE; also a 

 Plover. 



Trthnipeter Swan. See American Trumpeter Swan. 



TRuaiPiE : The ARCTIC SKUA. (Orkneys.) 



