28 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



BLUE MERLIN : The SPARROW-HAWK. (Perth.) 



BLUE MOPE, BLUE THEE, BLUE TTT, BLUE TOMTIT, BLUE TOP, 

 BLUE OX-EYE, BLUE WHAUP, or BLUE YAUP. Provincial 

 names in various localities for the BLUE TITMOUSE. 



BLUE -NEB (= BLUE-BILL). A Northumberland gunner's name 

 for several species of ducks, i.e. SCAUP-DUCK, WIGEON, 

 TUFTED DUCK, etc. 



BLUE-PIGEON : The FIELDFARE. (Ireland.) 



BLUE POKER : The COMMON POCHARD. (Provincial.) 



BLUE ROCK : The STOCK-DOVE. (Cheshire and Yorkshire) ; 

 the ROCK-DOVE (Yorkshire.) 



Blue-tailed Bee-eater. An Oriental species said to have been 

 shot at Teesmouth in 1862. 



BLUE-THROATED REDSTART, BLUE-THROATED ROBIN, or BLUE- 

 THROATED WARBLER: The NORWEGIAN BLUE- 

 THROAT (commonly known as the Red-spotted Blue- 

 throat). The first name occurs in Edwards (plate 28), 

 the second in Bewick, and the third in Yarrell. 



BLUE TITMOUSE [No. 89, Continental Blue Titmouse; 

 No. 90, British Blue Titmouse]. So called from the pre- 

 vailing blue colour of the upper-parts. The name occurs in 

 Willughby (1678). Turner mentions the species, but calls 

 it the Nun, a name derived from its hooded appearance. 

 Titmouse appears for the members of this genus in most 

 old authors, but Yarrell in his first edition shortened the 

 names of these birds to Tit, and has been followed in this 

 by many later writers. 



BLUE-WINGED JAY. Macgillivray's name for the JAY. Blue- 

 wing is a Yorkshire provincial name. 



BLUE-WINGED SHOVEL-BILL : The SHOVELER (MacgiJlivray). 



BLUE-WINGED SHOVELER or BLUE-WINGED STINT : The 

 SHOVELER. Montagu gives the first as a provincial 

 name. 



BLUE-WINGED TEAL. See AMERICAN BLUE-WINGED 

 TEAL. 



BLUE WOODPECKER : The NUTHATCH. (Provincial.) 



BLUEY : The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Yorkshire.) 



BLYTH'S REED-WARBLER [No. 138]. An Asiatic species 

 so called in honour of Blyth, who named it in 1849. 



BOATSWAIN. A general name for the Skuas. In the Shetlands 

 and north Scotland it is used for the species now called 

 ARCTIC SKUA, while Bo'sun is applied at Flamborough 

 to the GREAT SKUA. 



