42 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



and the term " Carrion " is applied to this species from its 

 habit of feeding on the flesh of dead animals. Like the 

 Raven this species was formerly very generally regarded 

 as a bird of ill-omen. In parts of Northamptonshire it is 

 believed to be a token of bad luck to see one flying alone. 

 The belief that it is unlucky to shoot a crow is widely 

 spread : Seebohm met with it on the Petchora, and I found 

 it prevalent in eastern Canada regarding the American 

 Crow, a species almost identical with the present. There 

 is a Cornish legend of St. Neotus impounding the crows in 

 an enclosure during Church service to prevent their depreda- 

 tions while the people came to Church (Mitchell, " Paroch. 

 Hist. St. Neots," 1833) ; this enclosure is said to be still 

 visible. Dyer cites as an Essex saying, in connexion with 

 crows flying towards one : 



One's unlucky, 



Two's lucky ; 



Three is health, 



Four is wealth ; 



Five is sickness, 



And six is death. 



It is said when a Crow makes a hoarse, hollow r noise it 

 presages foul weather (Bourne). The saying " as a crow 

 flies " refers to the Rook, which flies straight across country 

 on its homeward journey, and not to this species. 



CARRION-GULL : The GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



CARR LAG-GOOSE. An old Yorkshire fowler's name for a variety 

 of goose found on the carrs, probably the PINK-FOOTED 

 GOOSE. 



CARR-SPARROW : The REED-BUNTING. (Yorkshire.) 



CARR-SWALLOW. A former name for the BLACK TERN in 

 Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, from its frequenting the 

 " carrs " or marshes. In east Yorkshire it is applied 

 to the BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



CASEG EIRA : The FIELDFARE. (North Wales) lit. " snow 

 ball." 



CASEG Y DDRYCCIN. A North Wales name for the MISTLE- 

 THRUSH ; lit. " Storm-cock." It has also been applied 

 to the FIELDFARE. 



CAS GAN LONGWR (Sailor's hatred). The Welsh name for the 

 STORM-PETREL, signifying the sailors' dislike to it as a 

 portent of storms. Swainson gives the name to the 

 BLACK GUILLEMOT, apparently erroneously. 



CASPIAN PLOVER [No. 357]. First recorded as occurring in 

 Norfolk by Saunders ("Manual," 2nd. ed., p. 537). 



