56 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OP BRITISH BIRDS, 



COMMON KITE. See KITE. 



COMMON LAPWING. See LAPWING. 



COMMON LARK : The SKY-LARK. Macgillivray gives it as a 

 provincial name. 



COMMON LINNET. See LINNET. 



COMMON MAGPIE. See MAGPIE. 



COMMON NUTHATCH. See NUTHATCH. 



COMMON PARTRIDGE [No. 467]. The name first appears 

 as "Common Partridge" in Willughby (1678). Turner 

 (1544) calls it the " Pertrige," while Merrett (1667) has 

 " Partridge." It appears variously as Partridge or Common 

 Partridge in subsequent authors. 



COMMON PHEASANT. See PHEASANT. 



COMMON PIGEON : The STOCK-DOVE. (Pennant.) 



COMMON POCHARD [No. 298]. The name occurs as Pochard 

 in Turner and also in Willughby and Ray, the latter authors 

 calling it " Poker or Pochard." Pronounced Po-chard, 

 the o long and the ch hard. Akin to Fr. pocher, Low Ger. 

 poken, to poke. Littre gives pochard as Fr. for a drunkard. 

 " Poker " occurs in Willughby. The female is known as 

 " Dunbird." 



COMMON PTARMIGAN. See PTARMIGAN. 



COMMON QUAIL: The QUAIL. (Selby.) 



COMMON RAIL : The WATER-RAIL. (Selby.) 



COMMON REDPOLE : The LESSER REDPOLL. 



COMMON REDSHANK TATLER. Macgillivray's name for the 

 REDSHANK. 



COMMON SANDERLING. The SANDERLING. 



COMMON SANDPIPER [No. 387]. The name is found in 

 Pennant (1766) as Sandpiper, and in the later editions as 

 Common Sandpiper. ' According to Willughby, Sandpiper 

 was originally a Yorkshire local name. 



COMMON SCOTER [No. 309]. The name appears in Pennant 

 (1766) as Scoter. Common Scoter seems to appear first 

 in Yarrell (1843). The word Scoter is of doubtful origin. 

 Willughby (1678) calls it " Black Diver." 



COMMON SCRABER : The BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



COMMON SEA-MALL, MAW or MEW : The COMMON GULL. The 

 first name occurs in Willughby. 



COMMON SHELLDRAKE : The SHELD-DUCK. (Yarrell.) 



COMMON SHOVELER. See SHOVELER. 



COMMON SKUA : The GREAT SKUA. (Yarrell.) 



