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CUSHIE Doo: The RING-DOVE. (Scottish Borders) lit. 



Cushat Dove. 

 CUSTEEN-FAY-CLOUGH. (Properly coistin faoi cloich.) A Kerry 



name for the WHEATEAR, signifying " the cunning little 



old man under the stone " (Thompson). 



CUTBILL. A North Country name for the GREEN WOOD- 

 PECKER. 



CUTE. A name for the COOT. (Macgillivray.) 

 CUTHAG. The Gaelic name for the CUCKOO ; imitative of its 



note. 

 CUTHBERT DUCK : The COMMON EIDER. Occurs in Willughby. 



Properly St. Cuthbert's Duck. 

 CUT STRAW : The WHITETHROAT. (Cheshire.) 

 CUT-THROAT: The WHITETHROAT. Bolam thinks it is 



from the bird's habit of raising its crest and puffing out 



the feathers on its chin while it sings. 



CUTTY, CUT, or CUTTY WREN. Provincial names for the WREN. 

 Cutty is from Welsh cwta=" short-tailed, from cwt which 

 signifies literally anything short, e.g. as in " cutty," a short 

 clay pipe, originally applied as a distinction from the long 

 " churchwarden " pipe. The name is in use in some parts 

 of the north and south-west of England, and also as 

 " Cutty Wren " in south-west Scotland. Swainson gives 

 Cutteley Wren as a Somersetshire name. 



CUTWATER: The GREAT SHEARWATER and the MANX 

 SHEARWATER. 



CWTIAR or CWTAIAR. A Welsh name for the COOT ; lit. Short 

 or Bob-tailed Hen. Also applied to the WATER-RAIL. 



CWTYN LLWYD : The GREAT PLOVER. (North Wales.) 



CWTYN YR AUR, CwTYN AUR, or CWTIAD AUR. Welsh names for 

 the GOLDEN PLOVER. Cwtyn ddu ("black plover") 

 is applied to the BLACK-TAILED GODWIT in North 

 Wales. 



CYFFYLOG. A Welsh name for the WOODCOCK ; lit. " wood- 

 cock." 



CYFFYLOG Y MOR : The BAR-TAILED GODWIT. (North 

 Wales) lit. " sea woodcock." 



CYGNET. The young of a Swan (properly the MUTE SWAN). 



CYLIONYDD : The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (North Wales) 

 lit. " insect catcher." 



CYNFFONWEN : The WHEATEAR. (North Wales.) Signifies 

 " white rump." 



DABBER : The LITTLE GREBE. (Berks, and Bucks.) 



