GLOSSARY OF COMMON AND 

 PROVINCIAL NAMES AND OF TECHNICAL 



TERMS. 



(^ : male 



Aberdeen Sandpiper : a name for 



the Knot 

 Aberdevine : a name for the 



Siskin 

 Accentor, Hedge : Sparrow, Clian- 



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 

 ,, Tern 

 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 : the Land-Rail 

 .. Goose 



§ : female 



Bearded Reedling 



Bee-bird : a name sometimes 



given to the Flycatcher ; 



sometimes to the Willow 



Warbler 



,, -eater 



,, -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 : the Pere- 

 grine Falcon 

 ,, -bird : the Field-fare 

 ,, -cap : the Blue Tit 

 ,, Darr : the Black Tern 

 ,, Hawk : the Peregrine Falcon 



