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BURGOMASTER : The GLAUCOUS GULL. Also the immature 

 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. According to Scoresby 

 the name was first given by Dutch mariners to the former 

 species, either from its majestic appearance or masterful 

 ways. 



BURRIAN : The RED-THROATED DIVER. (Ballantrae.) 



BURROW-DUCK : The SHELD-DUCK. Occurs in Willughby. 

 Montagu spells it " Burrough Duck," as also does Bewick ; 

 there is no doubt, however, that the name arises from 

 the fact that it makes its nest in a rabbit-burrow or 

 other hole. 



BURROW-PIGEON : The STOCK-DOVE. (Sedbergh, Yorkshire.) 



BUSH-CHAT : The STONECHAT and the WHINCHAT have 

 been so called. The term was apparently first applied by 

 Macgillivray. For the first-mentioned bird " bush-chat " 

 would be a far more suitable name than " stone-chat," as 

 . it is found frequenting furze-covered commons and neglected 

 meadows. Hett applies the name less appropriately to the 

 WHEATEAR. 



BUSH-DOVE : The STOCK-DOVE. (Provincial.) Somewhat of 

 a misnomer, as it never nests in bushes. 



BUSH-LARK : The CORN-BUNTING. (Ireland.) 



BUSH-MAGPIE : The MAGPIE. A popular supposition is that 

 it is a different variety of the bird that nests in bushes. 



BUSH-OVEN: The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Norfolk.) 

 From the shape and situation of its nest. 



BUSH-SPARROW: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Stirling.) 



BUSTARD : The GREAT BUSTARD. Also the STONE- 

 CURLEW (Swainson). 



BUTCHER-BIRD or MURDERING-BIRD : The GREAT GREY 

 SHRIKE. Also applied to the RED-BACKED SHRIKE ; 

 from their habit of impaling small birds, mice and insects 

 on thorns. The two names given are applied to the 

 GREAT GREY SHRIKE by Merrett : Willughby and 

 Ray call it the Greater Butcher-bird or Mattagess. 

 Thompson says the MISTLE-THRUSH is called Butcher- 

 bird in a part of Donegal. 



BUT-FOR-BUT. A Cheshire name for the QUAIL. From its cry. 



BUTTAL or BUTTLE : The BITTERN. (Provincial.) 



BUTTER BUMP : The BITTERN. Montagu gives it as a 

 provincial name, and Swainson says it is a Yorkshire name 

 for the species. 



