GLOSSARY OF COMMON AND 
PROVINCIAL NAMES AND OF TECHNICAL 
TERMS. 
od: male 9: female 
Aberdeen Sandpiper: a mame for Bearded Reedling 
the Knot Bee-bird: a name sometimes 
Aberdevine: a name for the 
Siskin 
Accentor, Hedge : Sparrow, Chan- 
ter or Warbler 
Alk: the Razorbill 
Allamotte: the Petrel 
Allan: the Skua 
Alp: a name for the Bullfinch 
Annet: the Kittiwake Gull 
Arctic-bird: the Skua 
Arctic Skua 
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Assilag: the Petrel 
Awl: the Woodpecker 
Badock: the Skua 
Bankjug: the Chiff-chaff and 
Willow Warbler 
Bargander: the Sheldrake 
Barley-bird: the Siskin and Wry- 
neck 
Barred or Lesser-spotted Wood- 
pecker 
Bar-tailed Godwit 
Basal: at or near the base 
Beam-bird: the Spotted Fly- 
catcher 
Bean Crake: 
a Goose 
the Land-Rail 
given to the Flycatcher ; 
sometimes to the Willow 
Warbler 
a ceater 
» ~hawk: the Honey Buzzard 
Beech-finch: the Chaffinch 
Bergander: the Sheldrake 
Bernicle Goose 
Billy: the Hedge Sparrow 
Billy-whitethroat: the White- 
throat 
Bittern 
Black-a-top : the Stonechat 
Black-billed Auk: a name given 
to the Razor-bill in the winter 
plumage of the first year 
Blackcap: a name sometimes 
given to the Black-headed Gull, 
the Marsh Tit, and Coal Tit 
Black Duck: the Scoter 
Blacky-top: the Stonechat 
Bloodulf: the Bullfinch 
Blind Dorbie: the Purple Sand- 
piper 
Blue-backed Falcon: 
grine Falcon 
» -bird: the Field-fare 
» -cap: the Blue Tit 
» Darr: the Black Tern 
» Hawk: the Peregrine Falcon 
the Pere- 
