CHAFFIE CHICKSTONE.' 45 



It is really a rather silent bird. The Chatterers are pro- 

 perly the Cotingidce. 



CHATTERPIE : The MAGPIE. (Staffs, and Norfolk.) It is 

 proverbially a noisy bird. 



CHAUK or CHAUK DAW : The CHOUGH. (Scotland.) From its 

 cry. 



CHEAT : The GRASSHOPPER- WARBLER. (Upton-on- 

 Severn.) 



CHEEPER, GREY CHEEPER, or Moss CHEEPER. Common Border 

 names for the MEADOW-PIPIT. 



CHEESER : The YELLOW BUNTING. (Northants.) From the 

 drawn-out termination of its song. 



CHEETER : The RED-BACKED SHRIKE. (Provincial.) 



CHEPSTER : The STARLING. A modification of Shepster 

 (=Sheep-stare). Chep-Starling is found in Tunstall, while 

 Ship-Starling and Sheep-Starling are Yorkshire provincial 

 names. 



CHEQUER BIRD : The WHIMBREL. 



CHERCOCK: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Westmorland.) Pro- 

 bably a corruption of Shercock. " Churcock " is also 

 applied to the same species in Yorkshire. 



CHERRY CHIRPER : The SNOW-BUNTING (?). (Rutty.) 



CHERRY CHOPPER. CHERRY SUCKER, CHERRY SNIPE : The 

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (Provincial.) Whether this 

 species is ever destructive to cherries is very doubtful, 

 although it has been known to eat berries, such as those 

 of the mountain ash. 



CHERRY FINCH : The HAWFINCH. (Swaledale, Yorkshire.) 

 From its fondness for cherry-stones. 



CHERUBIM : The BARN-OWL. 



CHESTNUT-BACKED THRUSH : The FIELDFARE. (Macgillivray.) 



CHEVEREL or CHEVIL. A bird-fancier's term for a variety of 

 the GOLDFINCH having a red patch on the throat. Skeat, 

 as cited by Newton, thought it to be from Old Eng. chefle, 

 or chefelen, to talk idly or chatter, hence " cheveller," a 

 chatterer. Nelson and Clarke give the name as in use in 

 Yorkshire, and make it synonymous with the so-called 

 " Pear-tree Goldfinch." 



CHEWY LINNET or CHIVEY LINNET : The LESSER RED- 

 POLL. (Yorkshire.) 



CHICKELL or CHICKER : The WHEATEAR. 



CHICKSTONE : The STONECHAT. (Cleveland, Yorkshire.) In the 

 same district " Chetstone " is applied to the WHEATEAR. 



