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Whip : The SWIFT. (West Riding, Yorkshire.) 

 WmsHEY-WHEY-BEARD : The WHITETHROAT. So called 



in many parts of Scotland. (Gray.) 

 WmsHiE : The WHITETHROAT. (East Lothian.) 

 Whisker-bird : The CORN-BUNTING. (Hett.) 

 WHISKERED TERN [No. 413]. So called from the white 



stripe running backwai'd from the gape. The name is 



foimd in Yarrell. It is the Moustached Tern of Gould 



(" Birds of Europe," pt. xviii). 

 Whistler: The GOLDENEYE and the WIGEON. Also 



applied to the RING-OUZEL. (Wicklow). 

 W^HiSTLiNG Duck : The COOT. (Renfrew.) 

 Whistling Plover: The GOLDEN PLOVER. (Norfolk, 



Renfrew.) From its clear whistle. Occurs in Merrett, and 



Montagu gives it as a provincial name. Swainson also 



applies it to the GREY PLOVER. 

 Whistling Sandpiper : The GREEN SANDPIPER. 

 Whistling Swan : The WHOOPER SWAN. (Selby, Jenyns, 



Gould.) Used locally in Northumberland. 

 Whistling Thrfsh or Whistling Dick. A Thames Vallev 



name for the SONG-THRUSH. (Swainson.) 

 White-and-Dusky Grebe: The SLAVONIAN GREBE. 



(Pennant.) 

 White-backed Dove : The ROCK-DOVE. (Macgi]li\Tay.) 

 White Baker: The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (Provincial.) 

 White-bellied Swift : The ALPINE SWIFT. (Gould.) 

 WHITE-BILLED NORTHERN DIVER [No. 342]. A close 



ally of the GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, but with the 



bill yello"\\ish-wliite at all seasons. 

 White-breasted Blackbird : The RING-OUZEL. 

 White-breasted Warbler. Macgillivray's name for the 



LESSER WHITETHROAT. 

 White-breasted Weet-weet, Macgillivray's name for the 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 

 White-cap : The male REDSTART. (Salop., Yorks.) From its 



white forehead ; also a name for the WHITETHROAT. 

 White Crow : The BLACK- HEADED GULL. 

 White-eyed Duck : The FERRUGINOUS DUCK is so called 



by some authors. 

 White-faced Crow : The ROOK. From the ba-re whitish skin 



on the face. 

 White-faced Diver : The COOT. (Ireland.) 



