266 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Yellow Willow Wren : The WOOD-WARBLER. (Bemck.) 



It is also found in A^Tiite's Selborne as Yel]o\nsh WilloAA- 



Wren. 

 Yellow Wren : The WILLOW- WARBLER. So called from 



the prevailing tint of its plumage by many old authors. 



The name is also applied to the WOOD-WARBLER. 

 Yellow Yale or Yite, Yellow Yeldrin, Yellow Yowley : 



The YELLOW BLUNTING is so called in some parts of 



Scotland. Yellow YoMley is also a Yorks. name. 

 Yellow Yowling, Yellow Yite, Yorlin, Yirlin, Yeldrock, 



or Yeldrin. Northumberland names for the YELLOW 



BUNTING. 

 Yel^er : The AVOCET. From its cry. Montagu gives it as 



a proWncial name. 

 Yeorling : The YELLOW BUNTING. (Berwick.) 

 Yokel or YuKEL : The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Provincial.) 

 YouLRiNG or YowLRYNG : The YELLOW BUNTING. Turner 



(1544) has " Yowlrying," while Sibbald (1684) calls it 



" Yellow Youlring." YeUow Yoldring or Yoldring is a 



Yorkshire name. 

 Ysgraell, Ysgrechen. Welsh names for the COMMON TERN. 



The first signifies " rattle " and the second " screamer," 



from its harsh cr^^ 

 Ysguthan. a Welsh name for the RING-DOVE ; lit. "' cooing 



bird." Also applied to the STOCK-DOVE and ROCK- 

 DOVE. 

 YsNiTEN. A Welsh name for the COiOION SNIPE; lit. 



"snipe." 

 Yswidw LAS each : The BLUE TITMOUSE. (North Wales) lit. 



"little blue tit." 

 Yswidw llwyd each: The MARSH-TITMOUSE. (North 



Wales) ; lit. " little grey tit." 

 Yswidw'r coed : The GREAT TITMOUSE. (North Wales) 



lit. " wood titmouse." 

 YucKEL or Yockel: The GREEN WOODPECKER. The 



former is a Wiltshire and the latter a Shropshire name. 

 Zethar. a Cornish name for the " Sea Mew or Gull." 



(Harting.) Perhaps the COMMON GULL. 



FINIS. 



