YARN — YELLOW. 265 



In Aberdeenshire, according to " Folklore Journal," 

 there exists the following saying — 

 Yallow, yallow, yarlin' 

 Drinks a drap o' deevil's-bleed 

 Ilka Monday momin'. 



In the West of Scotland (Aird's "Old Bachcloi' in the Old 



Scottish Village") it becomes — 



Half a puddock, half a toad, half a yellow yorling, 



Cries for a drap o' the deil's bluid every Monday moniing. 



In Yorkshire I believe the saying runs — 

 A brock, a toad and a yellow yeorling 

 Drink a drop o' the deil's blood 

 Every May morning. 



Chambers gives another Scottish version as — 

 Half a puddock, half a toad, 

 Half a yellow yorling ; 

 Drink a drop o' the de'il's bluid 

 Every Jlay morning.. 



Yellow-hammer. The older name of the YELLOW BUNTING. 

 Synonymous with. Yellow Ammer (q.v.). 



Yellow-legged Gull: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED 

 GULL. (Fleming.) 



YELLOW-LEGGED HERRING-GULL [No. 432]. A Mediter- 

 ranean species, distinguished by the bright yellow of its 

 tarsi and feet. 

 Yellow Molly : The YELLOW WAGTAIL. (Hampshire.) 

 Yellow Owl : The BARN-OWL. (Provincial.) 

 Yellow Plover: The GOLDEN PLOVER. (Bemck.) 



Yellow Poll or Golden Head : The male WIGEON. (East 

 Ireland.) 



YELLOWSHANK [No. 392]. So called from its bright yellow 

 tarsi and feet. 



Yellow-shanked Sandpiper : The immature RUFF. Found 

 in Yarrell (1st ed.). It is the Yellowshanks of Pennant. 



Yellow throated Bee-Eater. Macgillivray's name for the 

 BEE-EATER. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL [No. 79]. This species, sometimes called 

 Ray's Wagtail, and named by Bonaparte in 1838 in honour 

 of Ray, was for long considered the same as the Continental 

 BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. The Yellow Water-Wagtail 

 of Willughby, Pennant, etc., may therefore be taken as 

 the name of this species. The GREY WAGTAIL is also 

 mis-called the Yellow Wagtail by coimtry people. Thompson 

 gives it as a popular name for this species in Ireland. 



