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FIELD SPARROW: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Roxburgh.) 

 Sometimes abbreviated to Fieldie. 



FIELD TITLING : The TREE-PIPIT. (Fleming.) 



FIERY BRANTAIL or FIERY REDTAIL : The REDSTART. (Shrop- 

 shire.) " Brantail " signifies fiery tail (Dan. brand, fire- 

 brand or fire), in allusion to its red tail and coverts. 



FIG-EATER or FIG-BIRD. Properly the GARDEN- WARBLER, 

 the Beccafigo of the Italians (but also sometimes applied to 

 the SPOTTED FLYCATCHER). It occurs in Willughby 

 (1678) and in Pennant (1766). 



FIGHTING RUFF : The RUFF. From the pugnacious habits of 

 the male. 



FIONNAG or FEANNAG. A Gaelic name for the HOODED CROW ; 

 lit. a "skinner" or "flayer." 



FIRECREST : The FIRE-CRESTED WREN. 



FIRE-CRESTED WREN [No. 104]. This name is first found 

 in Eyton (1836). Occurs in Jenyns (1835) and Yarrell 

 (1st ed.) as Fire-crested Regulus. Also sometimes known 

 as the FIRE-CRESTED or FIRE-CROWNED KINGLET. 



FIRE-CROWN : The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. (Yorkshire.) 



FIRE-EYED CHAT : The DARTFORD WARBLER. (Provincial.) 



FIRE-FLIRT : The REDSTART. (Provincial.) Probably from 

 the red upper tail-coverts and tail, and the frequent quick 

 jerks of the latter. A.Sax. fleard ( =flirt) properly signifies 

 a piece of foolishness or trifling (i.e. coquetry). 



FIRETAIL. A common provincial name for the REDSTART; 

 from the colour of the tail and coverts. 



FISHER : The KINGFISHER. (West Riding, Yorkshire.) 



FISHING HAWK: The OSPREY. (Scotland.) Properly a 

 name for the American Osprey. It is first found in Catesby's 

 Carolina, but is quoted by .Pennant (" Brit. Zool.," 1766), 

 and Montagu gives Fishing Hawk and Fishing Eagle as 

 provincial names. 



FISHING OSPREY. Macgillivray's name for the OSPREY. 



FITHEACH, FIDHEACH, or BIADHTACH. Gaelic names for the 

 RAVEN ; the last form is that given by Macgillivray. 



FLACKIE : The CHAFFINCH. (Cheshire.) 



FLAMBOROUGH HEAD PILOT : The PUFFIN. (Flamborough.) 



FLAMINGO [No. 270]. The name Flamingo is Portuguese, 

 in Spanish it is Flamenco. It occurs in Willughby as 

 " Flammant or Phoenicopter," and he says " the French call 

 it Flambant or Flammant, rather from the flammeous 

 colour of its wings and feet, than because it comes from 



