250 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



White-faced Duck: The SCAUP-DUCK. From the broad 



white band round the base of the bill. 

 White-faced Goose : The WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



White-faced Barnacle is also a name for the BARNACLE- 

 GOOSE. 

 White Finch or White-wing : The CHAFFINCH. 

 WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [No. 275]. The name is first used 



by Pennant (" Brit. Zoology," fo. ed., 1766) and is derived 



from the white feathers round the base of the bill and on 



the forehead. It is the " Laughing Goose " of Edwards. 

 White-fronted Redstart. MacgilHvray's name for the 



REDSTART. 

 White Game or White Partridge : The PTARMIGAN. 



(Willughby.) 

 White Grouse : The PTARMIGAN. (Bewick.) 

 White HawtvS. A falconer's term for Hawks of the third year. 

 White-headed Cormorant : The CORMORANT. (Spring.) 

 White-headed Goosander : The SMEW. (Fleming.) From 



its white crest. 

 White-headed Gull : The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



(Northumberland.) 

 White-headed Harpy. A name for the MARSH-HARRIER. 



From its whitish crown. 

 White-headed Long-tailed Titmouse. See NORTHERN 



LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 

 White Hooping Owl, or Owlet or Howlet : The TAWNY 



OWL. (Merrett.) Based on the Ulula aluco of Aldro- 



vandus (p. 538). 

 White Jerfalcon : The ICELAND FALCON. (Pennant.) 

 White Kite or White Hawk: The HEN-HARRIER. 



(Donegal.) 

 White Lark or White Bunting : The SNOW-BUNTING. 



(Cheshire.) White Lark or White-Minged Lark are also 



Norfolk names for the species. 

 White-legged Goldfinch : The GOLDFINCH. After second 



moult. (Hett.) 

 White Lintie : The W^HITETHROAT. (Forfar.) 

 White Maa: The HERRING-GULL. (Shetlands.) 

 White Merganser : The SMEW. (Devonshire.) 

 White Nun : The SMEW. (Ireland.) Occurs in Willughby. 



From the white crest with the black nape suggesting a 



hood. 



