70 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



CUNEATE-TAILED GULL : The WEDGE-TAILED GULL. 

 (Richardson and Swainson.) 



CUR or CURRE. Applied to the diving ducks generally, but 

 more especially to the SCAUP-DUCK. (See also Pied 

 Curre, Grey-backed Curre, etc.) 



CURCAG or CUROCHDAG. Gaelic names for the LAPWING. 



CURLEW. See COMMON CURLEW. 



CURLEW-HELP. An obsolete Lancashire name for the CURLEW 

 (Swainson.) 



CURLEW-JACK : The WHIMBREL. An equivalent to Jack- 

 Curlew and Half -Curlew 



CURLEW-KNAVE : The WHIMBREL. Occurs in the " House- 

 hold book " of Lord William of Naworth (Cumberland), 

 1612-40 ; lit. small or half curlew, from A.Sax. cnafa, cnapa= 

 a boy, the application of knave to a rascal or dishonest person 

 being much more recent. An equivalent to Jack-Curlew, 

 Half -Curlew, etc. (q.v.). 



CURLEW-KNOT : The WHIMBREL. (Spalding.) 



CURLEW-SANDPIPER [No. 374]. Formerly described as the 

 Pigmy Curlew, from its resemblance to a miniature Curlew, 

 the name being apparently first used by Montagu (1802) 

 as a translation of Latham's name Numenius pigment, 

 based on Gmelin's Scolopax pigmea. The name Curlew - 

 Sandpiper is found in Yarrell (1st ed.). 



CURLEW- WHELP : The BAR-TAILED GODWIT. (Humber 

 foreshores.) 



CURLIEW : The COMMON CURLEW. (Merrett.) 

 CURRE-WIGEON : The TUFTED DUCK. (Somersetshire.) 



CURWILLET : The SANDERLING. Willughby says it is so 

 called " about Pensance in Cornwall." It is said to be 

 derived from its cry. 



CUSHAT : The RING-DOVE. Said to be from Lat. Questus (see 

 also Queest), but much more probably from A.Sax. cusccote, 

 a wild pigeon. Used in Westmorland, Yorkshire, Cheshire, 

 Berks., Bucks.; also throughout Western Scotland (Gray). 

 It occurs in Turner (1544) as " Coushot," and as " Cowshot " 

 in Ray (1691), while Coward and Oldham give both 

 Cowshat and Cushat for Cheshire, and Nelson and Clarke 

 give Cooshat, Cushat, Cushard, Cowscot, Cooshout for 

 Yorkshire. Swainson thinks it is derived from its cooing 

 note, and he gives Cushat as a Northamptonshire name 

 for the STOCK-DOVE. 



