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CORSHWYAD DDU: The COOT. (North Wales) lit. "black 



marsh-duck." 



CORSICAN WOODCHAT SHRIKE [No. 110]. A Mediter- 

 ranean form, recorded once for the British Isles. 

 CORVORANT : The CORMORANT. Appears to have first been 



so spelled by Pennant (1766), the succeeding writers up to 



Montagu adopting the same spelling. 

 COTTON HEAP : The CORMORANT and SHAG. (Hett.) 

 COUES'S REDPOLL [No. 25]. A Circumpolar ally of 



HORNEMANN'S REDPOLL, named in honour of Dr. 



Coues, the well-known American ornithologist 

 COULTERNEB: The PUFFIN, (Northumberland) Willughby 



records it as so called at the Farn Islands It is so 



termed from the likeness of its bill (or " neb ") to the 



coulter of a plough. Bolam says in Northumberland it is 



also applied to the RAZORBILL. 

 COURLAND SNIPE : The SPOTTED REDSHANK. 

 COUSHOT and COWSCOT : The RING-DOVE. See Cushat. 

 COVIE or COVEY DUCK : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Northumberland.) 

 COW-BIRD, Cow KLOOT, or Cow KLIT : The YELLOW WAGTAIL 



From its habit of frequenting grazing-meadows for insects. 

 COWBOY : The RING-OUZEL. (Tipperary.) 

 COWE'EN ELDERS: The CORMORANT. (Kirkcudbright.) 



Swainson says the name is derived from Colvend, a coast 



parish in that county. 



COWPRISE. A North Country name for the RING-DOVE. 

 CRAA MAA : The KITTIWAKE GULL. (Shetlands.) 

 CRACKER : The PINTAIL. (Willughby.) Cracker or Craker is 



also a North Country name for the LAND-RAIL. 

 CRACKIL : The WREN. (North Devon.) Swainson says it is 



from its cry. 



CRAFF : The HOUSE -SPARROW. (Cumberland.) 

 CRAG OUZEL : The RING-OUZEL. (Craven.) From its haunts. 

 CRAIGAG: The SHELD-DUCK. (lona and Mull.) From 



Gael, craig and geadh rock-goose. 

 CRAIG Doo : The STOCK-DOVE. (Northumberland.) From 



its sometimes nesting in crags. 

 CRAIGIE-EASLIN : The RING-OUZEL. (Scotland.) 

 CRAIGIE HERON : The COMMON HERON. (Scotland.) Swain- 

 son says it is from c?m<7==throat. 

 CRAKE : The LAND-RAIL generally ; also a North Country 



name for the CARRION-CROW. From its hoarse cry. 



