CUCKOO CUMHACHAG. 69 



a Cuckoo was heard to sing three times, and being taken 

 out, was kept alive two years. The story, however, occurs 

 in Aldrovandus and elsewhere, and Willughby himself 

 appears to be rather less credible on the subject than his 

 editor, Ray. 



CUCKOO'S MAID : The RED-BACKED SHRIKE. (Hereford.) 

 Because it feeds the young Cuckoo. (Swainson.) 



CUCKOO'S MATE or CUCKOO'S MESSENGER : The WRYNECK. 

 (Provincial.) So-called from its arrival generally preceding 

 that of the Cuckoo by a few days. It is also known as 

 Cuckoo's footman or Cuckoo's fool in Gloucestershire and 

 as Cuckoo's leader in Norfolk, while Swainson gives Cuckoo's 

 marrow (i.e. companion) as a name in the Midlands, and 

 Tunstall (1784) called it Cuckoo's Maiden. 



CUCKOO'S SANDIE : The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Northumberland.) 

 The meaning is synonymous with " Gowk's Fool " (q.v.). 

 Swainson also gives Cuckoo's Titling as a Durham name. 



CUDBERDUCE : The COMMON EIDER. (Northumberland.) 

 A corruption of St. Cuthbert's Duck. 



CUDDAN: The RING-DOVE. (North Wales) lit. "cooing 

 bird." 



CUDDY : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Yorkshire.) The TREE- 

 CREEPER. (Northants.) Also the MOORHEN; prob- 

 ably a corruption of Cutty (q.v.). 



CUDGIE : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Notts.) Also probably 

 from Cutty. 



CUDON. A Cornish name for the RING-DOVE. 



CUDYLL COCH : The KESTREL. (South Wales.) Signifies " red 



kestrel." 

 CUDYLL GLAS : The PEREGRINE FALCON. (North Wales) 



lit. " blue kestrel." 

 CUDYLL GLAS BACH : The MERLIN. (North Wales) lit. " little 



blue kestrel." 

 CUDYLL Y GWYNT : The KESTREL. (North Wales) lit. 



" windhover." 

 CULVER : The RING-DOVE. (Dorsetshire.) It is an old English 



name for a pigeon or dove, occurring in Spenser and also 



in Chaucer as colver. Derived from A. Sax. culfre, which 



apparently is only a corruption of Lat. columba (Skeat). 



CULVERT or CULVER DUCK : The COMMON EIDER, (North- 

 umberland.) A contraction of St. Cuthbert's Duck. 

 CUMHACHAG. A Gaelic name for the TAWNY OWL. 



