16 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



BENLOYN-FWYAF (Y). A Welsh name for the GREAT TIT- 

 MOUSE ; the Benloyn (=blackhead) becomes Penloyn in 

 North Wales. 



BENLOYN-GYNFFONHIR (Y). A Welsh name for the LONG- 

 TAILED TITMOUSE ; lit. ' ; long-tailed blackhead." 



BENLOYN-LYGLIW (Y). A Welsh name for the COAL-TIT- 

 MOUSE. 



BENT LINNET. The LINNET. (Spurn, Yorks.) 



BERGANDER or BERGANSER : The SHELD-DUCK. The name 

 Bergander occurs in Willughby (See BARGANDER). 



BERNACLE GOOSE or BERNICLE GOOSE : The BARNACLE- 

 GOOSE (q.v.). Alternative spellings. Pennant says the 

 BRENT GOOSE is also called Bernacle in Ireland. 



BsBBY BREAKER. A Hampshire name for the HAWFINCH. 



BERTHUAN. A Cornish name for the Screech Owl (BARN- 

 OWL ?). 



BESSY BLACKCAP: The REED-BUNTING. (Provincial). 



BESSY or BESSIE BLAKELING : The YELLOW BUNTING. 

 (Westmorland, Yorkshire.) 



BESSY BRANTAIL or KATIE BRANTAIL : The REDSTART. 

 (Shropshire.) 



BESSY BUNTING : The YELLOW BUNTING. (Provincial.) 



BESSY DOUCKER or BESSY DUCKER : The DIPPER. (West- 

 morland and other northern counties.) From its habit of 

 ducking on entering the water. Also the PIED WAG- 

 TAIL (Huddersfield). 



BETTY TIT : The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) 



BEWICK'S SWAN [No. 272]. The characteristics of this 

 species were first pointed out by Yarrell (" Trans. Linn. 

 Soc.," xvi, 2, p. 453, 1830), and it occurs under this name 

 in all subsequently published works. 



BIDNEWIN, BIDUEN. Cornish names for a hawk. 



BIG BLACK-AND-WHITE DUCK: The VELVET SCOTER, 



(Yorkshire.) 



BIG BUNTING : The CORN-BUNTING. (Yorkshire.) 

 BIG FELT : The FIELDFARE. (Ireland. ) 

 BIG HAWK : The PEREGRINE FALCON. (Provincial.) 

 BIGHEAD : The GREENFINCH (Beverley, Yorks) ; also 



COMMON POCHARD (Hull). 



BIG MAVIS : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (East Lothian.) 

 BIG OX-EYE : The GREAT TITMOUSE. (East Scotland.) 



