WAXWING— WIGEON 345 



starling in size and flight, and gets its name, in English, from the 

 bright red markings or horny appendages on the tips of the wing- 

 feathers, which have the appearance of red sealing-wax. Another 

 characteristic is the "topan," or crest formed by elongation of the 

 crown feathers. Its colour is inclined to brown or chestnut. A 

 Mr Peter Galloway, South Street, Musselburgh, caught one there 

 in November 1903, and on 1st December of same year, one was 

 shot at Cramond, in the neighbourhood of which place they were 

 reported to be numerous. 



WHAUP (see Curlew). 



WHEATEAR. — Bogachan, bog-an-lochan, brugheal ; Caislin- 

 cloch (Ir.), crithneachan. 



Chack, chackeret, chacks, chat-chock, chatterer, check, chick- 

 chack or chacker, chickell (Devon), chicker, chickin, chickstane, 

 chock, chuck, clocharet, clodhopper, coney, cooper ; Dyke-hopper ; 

 Fallow-chat finch lunch or smich ; Horse-musher or smatch ; 

 Jobbler, jocktibeet, jocktie ; Ortolan ; snorter, stane-chacker or 

 pecker, steinkle, stinkle, stonechat (err.) ; Underground jobbler ; 

 White-ear rump or tail, whitease, wittol. 



Peculiar superstitions are said to surround this bird, one being 

 that if seen for first time perched upon a stone, storms may be 

 looked for, if upon the sod, offer praises to God. As is evident, 

 its name arises from arriving or being more in evidence when 

 wheat is in the ear. 



WHIMBREL (see also Curlew). — Eun-bealltuinn ; Guilb- 

 inneach ; Leth-ghuilbinneach. 



Beltane bird, brame ; Curlew jack or knot ; Half-bird or curlew ; 

 Jack curlew or curley ; Lesser curlew, little curlew or whaup ; 

 May bird curlew fowl or jack ; Peerie whaup ; Tang whaup. 



So called from its whimpering cry or call. It is very rare in 

 Scotland, and almost extinct in the Highlands. 



WHINCHAT. — Conasag, conasan, conasgag, conasgan; Gocan- 

 conuisg, gochcan, gochdan ; Ultag, utac, utlag, uttag. 



Barley-ear, black-headed bush-chat, blacky-top, bush-chat; 

 Chackart ; Fern-chackert lintie, furr-chuck, furze-chat or hacker ; 

 Gorse-chat hatch or hopper, grass-chat ; Horse-smatch, hutic 

 (Salop) ; Snac, stonechat chatter or smich ; Tick ; Uhage 

 (Shropsh.), utick ; Whin bushchat chacker chackeret chackert 

 check clocharet or lintie. 



WHITETHROAT.— Gealag, gealachag, gealan-coille. 

 Beardie, bee-bird ; Caper-linty, churr-cock ; Fitin' ; Hay-jack ; 

 Jack-straw ; Maggy ; Whey-beard, whittin. 



WIGEON or WIDGEON (see also Duck).— Aiteil ; Glas- 

 lacha. 



