80 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



DUTCH CROW : The HOODED CROW. (Ackworth, Yorkshire.) 



DWARF AUK : The LITTLE AUK. (Flamborough.) 



DWARF HERON : The LITTLE EGRET (?). Occurs in Turner. 

 Hett gives the name to the SQUACCO HERON. 



DWARF RAIL : The LITTLE CRAKE. 



DYKE HOPPER : The WHEATEAR. (Stirling.) 



DYKE SPARROW : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provincial.) 



DYLLUAN FAWR. A Welsh name for the EAGLE-OWL ; lit. 

 " great owl." 



DYLLUAN FRECH, DYLLUAN FELYNDDU, DYLLUAN FIG, DYLLUAN 

 RUDD, DYLLUAN Y COED. Welsh names for the TAWNY 

 OWL, signifying (1) spotted, (2) yellow-black, (3) hoot- 

 ing, (4) ruddy, and (5) wood-owl. 



DYLLUAN GLUSTIOG. A Welsh name for the SHORT-EARED 

 OWL, signifying " eared owl." 



DYLLUAN GORNIOG. A Welsh name for the LONG-EARED 

 OWL, signifying " horned owl." 



DYLLUAN WEN. A Welsh name for the BARN-OWL, signify- 

 ing " white owl." 



EAGLE FISHER : The OSPREY. (Scotland.) 



EAGLE-OWL [No. 223]. So called from its pre-eminent size 

 and supposed resemblance to an eagle. The name occurs 

 in Willughby (1678). 



EALA. A Gaelic name for the WHOOPER SWAN. (Western 

 Isles.) 



EAQUAL, ECALL, ECCLE, or ECLE : The GREEN WOOD- 

 PECKER (see Stockeekle). The first two are Shropshire 

 names, and the third is an Oxfordshire one. 



EARED DOBCHICK : The BLACK - NECKED GREBE. 

 (Edwards.) Also occurs as Eared Dabchick. 



EARED GREBE. A former name for the BLACK-NECKED 

 GREBE. Occurs in most authors from Pennant onwards 

 to Yarrell. 



EARED OWL : The LONG-EARED OWL. 



EARL DUCK: The RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. (East 

 Lothian.) In Northumberland it becomes Yearel 

 (Wither by). No doubt corruptions of Harle Duck, the 

 Orkney name. 



EARTH TITLING : The MEADOW-PIPIT. (East Lothian.) 



EASING SPARROW : The HOUSE-SPARROW. (Shropshire.) 

 From its nesting in the eaves, or easing, of houses 

 (Swainson). 



