52 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



^COESWERDD: The GREENSHANK. (North Wales) lit. 

 " Greenshank." 



COG. A Welsh name for the CUCKOO ; from its cry. 



COILEACH CODLLE. A Gaelic name for the WOODCOCK ; lit. 

 cock of the wood. Macgillivray gives it as a name for the 

 CAPERCAILLIE. 



COILEACH DUBH. A Gaelic name for the BLACK GROUSE ; 

 lit. " black cock ; " the Grey Hen is called Cearc Hath. 



COILEACH FRAOICH. A Gaelic name for the RED GROUSE, 

 lit. Heather Cock ; the female being called Cearc fraoich, 

 or Heather Hen. 



COILEACH RUADH. A Gaelic name for the RED GROUSE : 

 ruadh signifying red or reddish. 



COISTREL: The KESTREL. (Shakespeare.) From Fr. 

 cresserelle, cristel. 



COIT. A Cornish name for the GREEN WOODPECKER. 



GOLDFINCH : The PIED FLYCATCHER. The name occurs in 

 Willughby, who describes a " bird called Goldfinch by 

 the Germans." It is figured by Pennant (1766) under 

 this name and by Edwards ; Swainson also renders it 

 Colefinch, and gives Goldfinch as a Shropshire name for 

 the YELLOW BUNTING. 



COLDIE : The LONG-TAILED DUCK. (Forfar.) 



COLE-GOOSE : The CORMORANT. 



COLE-MOUSE : The COAL-TITMOUSE. Occurs in Willughby. 

 Also met with as Cole Titmouse. 



COLIN BLACKHEAD : The REED-BUNTING. (Renfrew.) 

 COLISHEEN : The PUFFIN. (Galway) lit. " an old woman." 



COLK : The COMMON EIDER. Occurs in Martin's " Description 

 of the Western Isles." 



COLLARED BLACKIE : The RING-OUZEL. (Staithes, Yorkshire.) 

 COLLARED DUCK : The RUDDY SHELD-DUCK. 



COLLARED FLYCATCHER [No. 117]. This Continental 

 species was recorded as British for the first time in 1911. 



COLLARED PETREL [No. 332]. A Pacific species of which 

 one example was obtained in Wales in 1889. 



COLLARED PRATINCOLE : The PRATINCOLE. (Selby, Yarrell, 



etc.) 

 COLLARED STARE : The ALPINE ACCENTOR. 



