72 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



DABCHICK : The LITTLE GREBE. Occurs in Merrett (1667). 

 Willughby has " Dobchick." The name is also applied to 

 the MOORHEN in Shropshire (Swainson), and in Cheshire 

 (Coward and Oldham). 



DAFFINCH : The CHAFFINCH. (North Devon.) 

 DAKER-HEN: The LAND-RAIL. (Yorkshire, Cheshire.) Occurs 

 in Turner, Merrett and Willughby. It refers, it has been 

 suggested, to the unsteady flight of the bird. Cordeaux 

 says that the word to " Dacker," meaning to stagger or 

 totter, is a well-known word in Lincolnshire. Another sug- 

 gested derivation is " t 'acre-hen "the acre or land hen. 



DALMATIAN REGULUS : The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER. 



(Gould.) Also occurs as Dalmatian Wren. 



DANISH CROW : The HOODED CROW. From the supposition 

 that they visit us from Denmark. 



DARBY : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provincial.) 



DARCOCK : The WATER-RAIL. (Provincial.) Perhaps " dark 

 cock " from its sombre colour. 



DARK-FOOTED PETTYCHAPS : The CHIFFCHAFF. 



DARR : The COMMON TERN. (Norfolk.) 



DARTFORD WARBLER [No. 151]. Takes its name from 

 the locality where the first examples were obtained in 

 1773 (Bexley Heath, near Dartford) ; described by Pennant 

 in 1776. The name is found in Pennant, Montagu and 

 other old authors, but Macgillivray in 1839 attempted to 

 substitute " Provence Furzeling." 



DAUP, DAUP CROW, or DAUPEE : The CARRION-CROW. (York- 

 shire.) 



DAW : The JACKDAW. The name under which it appears 

 in Shakespeare. Newton says it is " doubtless from the 

 bird's cry, as seems also to be the nickname ' Jack ' com- 

 monly prefixed." This latter assumption, however, seems 

 erroneous, the term Jack more probably having reference 

 to its small size (see Jack). 



DDREINIOG. A Welsh name for the SISKIN ; also spelt " Drei- 

 niog " (q.v.). 



DEARGAN-CHOILLE. A Gaelic name for the BULLFINCH. 



DELOR FRAITH. A Welsh name for the GREAT SPOTTED 

 WOODPECKER ; lit. " spotted pecker." 



DELOR FRAITH LEIAF. A Welsh name for the LESSER 

 SPOTTED WOODPECKER ; lit. " lesser spotted pecker." 



DELOR Y CNAU : The NUTHATCH. (North Wales.) Signifies 

 nut-pecker." 



