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Park on the Roding in Essex, which adjoined a large heronry. 



Willughby also gives Crane as a name for the SHAG in 



the north of England. 

 CRANE SWALLOW or CRAN SWALLOW: The SWIFT. (East 



Lothian.) 

 CRANK-BIRD : A Gloucestershire name for the LESSER 



SPOTTED WOODPECKER. (Montagu.) Probably from 



its cry resembling the creaking produced by the turning 



of a windlass (Swainson). 

 CRANN LACK : The TEAL. (lona and Mull.) Signifying " tree 



duck." 

 CRANN-TACH: The CURLEW. (lona and Mull.) Signifying 



" one with a long bill." 



CRATTICK : The COMMON EIDER. (East Lothian.) 

 CRAVAT GOOSE : The Canada Goose. Occurs in Macgillivray. 

 CRAW: The CARRION- and HOODED CROWS. (Scotland 



generally, also Yorkshire.) Sometimes written " Cra." 

 CREAM-COLOURED COURSER [No. 353]. The name is 



found in Montagu as Cream-coloured Plover, Cream- 

 coloured Courser occurring in Fleming, while Selby calls it 



the Cream-coloured Swiftfoot. 

 CREAM-COLOURED GULL : The immature GLAUCOUS and 



ICELAND GULLS. (Yorkshire coast.} 

 CREAM-COLOURED OWL : The BARN-OWL. 

 CRECER : The SONG-THRUSH. (North Wales.) It signifies 



" chatterer." 

 CRECK. A North Country name for the LAND-RAIL. 



CREC Y GARREG, CREC PENDDU'R EITHIN : The STONECHAT. 



(North Wales.) The first signifies " stonechat " and the 

 second " black-headed gorse-chat." 



CREC YR EITHIN : The WHINCHAT. (North Wales) lit. 

 " gorse-chat." 



CREEPER : The TREECREEPER. Occurs in Turner as 

 " Creper," and in Willughby as " Creeper." Merrett 

 applies the name to the WALLCREEPER. 



CREEPIE : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Kirkcudbright.) 



CREEP TREE : The TREECREEPER. (Norfolk.) Also 

 CREEPY-TREE (Barnsley, Yorks.). 



CRESHAWK : The KESTREL. (Cornwall.) Probably a cor- 

 ruption of Cristel-hawk (q.v.). 



CRESTED CORMORANT or CRESTED CORVORANT. Applied in dif- 

 ferent localities to both the SHAG and the CORMORANT, 

 but more applicable to the former. 



