86 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



FELTY FLEE'ER or FELTIE FLIER. The MISTLE-THRUSH is 

 so called in south-west Scotland. The FIELDFARE might 

 seem to be intended, but not necessarily, for the term 

 (i.e. " field-flyer ") would well fit the MISTLE-THRUSH. 



FENDY-FARE: The FIELDFARE. (Northumberland.) Also 

 applied to the MISTLE-THRUSH, with which it is con- 

 fused in Northumberland. 



FEN EAGLE : The WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. (Provincial.) 



FEN GOOSE : The GREY LAG-GOOSE. Montagu gives it as 

 a provincial name. 



FEN REEDLING : The REED-WARBLER. (Provincial.) 



FEN THRUSH : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Northants.) 



FERN OWL : The NIGHTJAR. Found in Willughby (1678) : 

 from its frequenting bracken. It is in use locally in Hamp- 

 shire, Cheshire, Shropshire, and East Lothian. 



FERRUGINOUS DUCK [No. 299]. The name occurs in 

 Pennant (1776), probably translated from Gmelin's Anas 

 ferruginea. It is also the " Red Duck " of the same author's 

 "Arctic Zoology," and the White-eyed Duck of many authors. 



FFESANT. A Welsh name for the PHEASANT. 



FFESONT. A Cornish name for the PHEASANT. 



FFIGYSOG. A Welsh name for the GARDEN- WARBLER. 



FIACH. An Irish name for the RAVEN. 



FIDDLER : The COMMON SANDPIPER. (Hebrides.) Swain- 

 son says the name is derived from the manner in which it 

 continually vibrates its body, as if on a pivot. 



FIELD DUCK : The LITTLE BUSTARD. (Albin.) 



FIELDFARE [No. 155]. Newton says the name is derived 

 from A. Sax. Fealo-for (=Fallow-farer). The name appears 

 in Turner (1544) as " feldf are " and "feldefare," and as 

 late as 1667 in Merrett's list also as " feldefare." Wil- 

 lughby (1678) has " Fieldfare " and Sibbald (1684) " Field- 

 fare." Various corruptions are prevalent in the provinces, 

 i.e. Felfit, Felfer, Felfaw, Fildifire, etc., while in Wiltshire 

 it becomes Velverd. This species usually arrives from its 

 northern breeding-grounds in September. In the north 

 it is considered that an earlier arrival than usual indicates 

 an early and severe winter. 



FIELDIE : The FIELDFARE ; an abbreviation. 



FIELD LARK : The TREE-PIPIT. So called in Pennant and 

 other writers to Montagu, the species of Pipits being con- 

 fused with the Larks. Fleming also describes the SKY- 

 LARK under this name. 



