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COBLYN MWYAF : The GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 

 (North Wales) lit. " greater pecker." 



COBLYN-Y-COED : The GREEN WOODPECKER. (North 

 Wales) lit. " woodpecker." Other local names are Tarad- 

 y-coed (" wood-auger ") and Tyllwr-y-coed (" wood- 

 borer"). 



COBWEB : The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. Occurs in Morton's 

 "Northants." (p. 426). From its use of spiders' webs in the 

 construction of its nest. 



COCH DAN ADEN : The REDWING. (North Wales.) Signifies 

 " red under wing." 



Cock YBERLLAN: The BULLFINCH. (North Wales) lit. "red 

 of the orchard." 



COCH Y GRUG or COCHIAD : The RED GROUSE. (North 

 Wales.) 



COCK : The WOODCOCK is sometimes so called. 



COCKANDY : The PUFFIN. Sibbald gives it as a Fifeshire 

 name of the species. 



COCKATHRODON : The MANX SHEARWATER. (Scilly Isles.) 



COCK OF THE MOUNTAIN : The CAPERCAILLIE. Occurs in 

 Willughby (1678). 



COCK o' THE NORTH : The BRAMBLING. (East and south 

 * Scotland.) 



COCK OF THE WOOD : The CAPERCAILLIE. Occurs in 

 Merrett (1667), who notes the species as occurring in Ireland 

 ("in Hibernia occurrit "). Willughby and Ray (1678) also 

 mention this as an Irish name for the bird, which they say 

 is not found in England, while they strangely enough omit 

 to mention Scotland as a habitat. Pennant (1766) gives 

 Cock of the Wood as the name of this bird, and he further 

 calls the female, Hen of the Wood. 



COCK OUZEL : The BLACKBIRD. 



COCK THROSTLE : The MISTLE-THRUSH. 



COCK WINDER : The WIGEON. (Norfolk.) 



CODDY-MODDY : The COMMON GULL (immature). Willughby 

 and Ray give it as a Cambridgeshire name. 



COEGFRAN. A Welsh name for the JACKDAW ; lit. " sham 

 crow." 



COEG GYLFINHIR. A Welsh name for the WHIMBREL ; signifies 

 " sham curlew." 



COESGOCH: The REDSHANK. (North Wales) lit. "red- 

 shank." 



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