38 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



BUTTERFLIP : The AVOCET. Montagu gives it as a provincial 

 name. 



BUTTERIE. A Holy Island name for the SAND-MARTIN; 

 perhaps corrupted from Bitterie (q.v.). 



BUTTOUR: The BITTERN. (Turner.) 



BUZZARD : The COMMON BUZZARD. Swainson gives Buzzard- 

 Hawk as a Forfar name for the species. The name Buzzard 

 is also sometimes applied to the MARSH-HARRIER. 



BWMP Y GORS. A Welsh name for the BITTERN ; lit, " Boom 

 of the Marsh." 



CACKAREEN : The KITTIWAKE GULL. 



CAD CROW : The CARRION-CROW. (East Riding, Yorkshire.) 



CADDAW, CADDER, CADDY, CARDER, CAWDAW. East Anglian 

 names for the JACKDAW; Turner (1544) has Caddo. 



CAILCHEAG-CHEAN-DUBH. A Gaelic name for the COAL- 

 TITMOUSE. 



CAILLEACH-OIDHCHE. A Gaelic name for the TAWNY OWL ; 

 lit. " old woman of the night." 



CAILLEACH-OIDHCHE GHEAL. A Gaelic name for the BARN- 

 OWL ; Jit. " white old woman of the night." 



Calandra Lark. A south European species which has been 

 supposed to have occurred in the British Isles. Calandra 

 (written Calander by Newton) is from Ital. Calandra=LtSit. 

 caliendrum, a head-dress or ornament of hair. It occurs 

 in Chaucer (" Romaunt of the Rose ") as " Chalaundre " and 

 " Chelaundre." Edwards (" Gleanings of Nat. Hist.," pi. 268) 

 figured it in error as belonging to Carolina. Willughby 

 (1678) mentions the " Calandra, which perchance is no 

 other than the Bunting." This species being common 

 as a cage bird, it is quite likely that the British birds were 

 " escapes." 



CALEY TIT : The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) 



CALLOO : The LONG-TAILED DUCK. (Orkney and Shetlands.) 

 From its cry. Swainson also gives Calaw as a variant for 

 the same localities. Hett gives Calloo as a name for the 

 CURLEW. 



CALMAN-CHOILLE. The Gaelic name for the RING-DOVE ; 

 lit. " wood pigeon." 



CALMAN-FIADHAICH. The Gaelic name for the ROCK -DOVE. 

 CAMBRIDGE GODWIT : The SPOTTED REDSHANK. (Bewick.) 



Canada Goose. A North American species, which has been 

 domesticated in this country for more than two centuries, 



