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Barbary Partridge. A North-west African species, of which 

 examples (probably introduced birds) have been taken 

 in Britain. It was added to the British List by Yarrell 

 ("Brit. Birds," Supp., 1845). The name is found in Latham. 



BARCUD or BARCUTAN. A Welsh name for the KITE ; lit. 

 " swift hawk." In North Wales it is generally applied 

 to the COMMON BUZZARD, according to Coward and 

 Oldham. 



BARCUD GLAS. A Welsh name for the HEN-HARRIER ; lit. 

 " blue kite." 



BARDRAKE: The SHELD-DUCK; also the RED-BREASTED 

 MERGANSER. See Bargander. Swainson gives it as 

 an Irish name for the former species. 



BAREFACED CROW: The ROOK. So called from the bare 

 whitish skin surrounding the base of the bill. 



BARETOED DAY-OWL. Macgillivray's name for the LITTLE 

 OWL. 



BARFOC (Y). A Welsh name for the BEARDED TITMOUSE. 



BARGANDER, BARGANSER, BERGANDER, or BAR- GOOSE: The 

 SHELD-DUCK. Etymology uncertain, but most probably 

 from the conspicuous chestnut " bar " or band on the 

 breast. Occurs in Turner, Willughby and Merrett as 

 " Bergander." Evans thinks it should be spelt " Burgander. 

 i.e. Burrow Duck," while Turner suggested " Berg-ander " 

 from its nesting in "holes of lofty rocks" (see SHELD- 

 DUCK). According to Wallis, Bergander is a Northumbrian 

 name, and Bolam says it is pronounced Banganner about 

 Boulmer. Swainson also gives Bar-goose as an Essex 

 name for the BARNACLE-GOOSE. 



BARGEZ. A Cornish name for the KITE. 

 BARK-CREEPER: The TREECREEPER. (Provincial.) 



BARKER : The AVOCET. Also applied to the BLACK-TAILED 

 GODWIT, while Newton points out that Albin has figured 

 the GREENSHANK under this name, and Montagu, 

 taking the plate to be that of the SPOTTED REDSHANK, 

 has applied the name " Barker " to that bird also. Albin 

 says the decoy-men so called it because it " makes a noise 

 like the barking of a dog." 



BARLEY-BIRD. Variously applied locally to the GREY 

 WAGTAIL (Yorks.), the YELLOW WAGTAIL (Notts.), 

 the NIGHTINGALE (East Anglia), and the WRYNECK 

 (Hants.), and also to the COMMON GULL, on account 



