258 DICTIONABY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Wil-y-dwr: The DIPPER. (North Wales.) From its fre- 

 quenting streams ; lit. " Water Willy." 

 WiNC. A Welsh name for the CHAFFINCH. From its note. 

 Wind : The DOTTEREL. (South of England.) 



Winder. A gunner's name for the WIGEON on man}"- parts 

 of our eastern coast. (Hawker.) 



Windhover. A very frequent name for the KESTREL (foimd 

 in Willughby) and arising from its habit of hovering in the 

 air while on the watch for its prey. Pron. " A\dnd-huver." 

 Other names are Windcuffer (Orkneys), Windsucker (Kent), 

 Windbibber (Kent), and Wind-fanner. 



Windle : The REDWING. (Devonshire.) Rutty gives Windles 

 for CO. Dublin. See Wind-Thrush. 



WiNDLESTRAW or WiNNELL Straw : The WHITETHROAT. 

 (Provincial.) The latter form is a Shropshire name. 



Window Swallow: The MARTIN. (Be^dck.) Also called 

 Window Martin. 



Wind-Thrush : The REDWING. An earlier name for this 

 species found in Merrett and Willughby, and in some 

 later authors to Bewdck (1797). It occurs as Wyngthrushe 

 in Turner (1544), the name Redwing being first applied 

 by Willughby, who informs us that " According to Charleton 

 it is called Windthi'ush because it arrives about the beginning 

 of winter when strong wdnds blow, b}^ which it is strongly 

 assisted in its passage." Willughby, however, considered 

 the name should be Wine-thrush, being probably borrowed 

 from the German name " Wyntrostel " (or " Vineyard- 

 Thrush "), and in this he is borne out by Turner, who gives 

 " Weingaerdsvogel " as the German name for the species. 

 Svvainson gives Wind-Thrush as a Somerset name. 



Winnard : The REDWING. (Cornwall.) See Wind-Thrush. 



Winter Bonnet : The COMMON GULL. (Provincial.) 



Winter Crow . The HOODED CROW. (Turner.) 



Winter Duck : The PINTAIL. 



Winter Fauvette : The HEDGE-SPARROW is so called by 



Be\\ick (1797). 

 Winter Mew or Winter Gull: The CO:\IMON GULL. 



(Provincial.) The former name occurs in Pennant. 

 Winter Utick: The STONECHAT. (Cheshire.) 

 Winter Wagtail: The GREY WAGTAIL. Because found 



in the South of England in winter. 

 Witch : The STORM-PETREL. (Provincial.) 



