HARELD HEBOG. 119 



HAY-BIRD: The BLACKCAP (Northants.) ; the WILLOW- 

 WARBLER (a general provincial name); the WOOD- 

 WARBLER (West Yorkshire); and the WHINCHAT 

 (Ryedale, Yorkshire). From the nest being composed 

 principally of dry grass. 



HAY-CRAKE : The LAND-RAIL. (Ackworth, Yorkshire.) 



HAY- JACK. A name applied to several small birds which build 

 nests of hay or bents, such as the WHITETHROAT, 

 BLACKCAP, GARDEN-WARBLER, etc. Also occurs as 

 HAYCHAT (Northants.), HAZECK (Worcestershire) and HAY- 

 SUCKER (Devonshire). Originally Hey-suck (or Heges-sugge) 

 according to Newton (see " Segge "). The Hay-chat of 

 North and West Yorkshire is the WHINCHAT. 



HAY-TIT: The WHITETHROAT. (Oxfordshire, Shropshire). 



HAZ, HOET, Houz. Cornish names for a Duck. 



HAZEL LINNET : The LESSER WHITETHROAT. (Provincial.) 



HEATHCOCK: The BLACK GROUSE. (North Country.) Occurs 

 in Willughby. The female or Grey-hen is termed 

 HEATH-HEN. 



HEATHER-BLEAT or HEATHER-BLEATER : The COMMON SNIPE. 

 (Bewick.) Also a provincial name in parts of the North 

 of England and in Scotland and Ireland. From its familiar 

 " drumming." 



HEATHER LINTIE or HEATHER LINTEE. A Border name for the 

 TWITE. From its habit of nesting amongst the heather ; 

 also applied in Scotland to the LINNET, and in Cumberland, 

 Westmorland, and Yorkshire to the MEADOW-PIPIT; 

 the latter being also known as HEATHER CHEEPER. 



HEATHER PEEPER : The COMMON SANDPIPER. (Aberdeen.) 

 HEATH-POULT. A New Forest name for the BLACK GROUSE ; 



lit. Heath-fowl, a name elsewhere applied to the species. 

 HEATH THROSTLE : The RING-OUZEL. (Provincial.) 

 HEAVY PLOVER. A name for the GREY PLOVER, according 



to Hett. 



HEBOG CHWYLDRO. A Welsh name for the GYR-FALCON. 

 HEBOG LLWYDLAS : The male HEN-HARRIER. (North 



Wales) lit. " grey-blue hawk." 



HEBOG DRAMOR. A Welsh name for the PEREGRINE 

 FALCON; lit. "foreign falcon." Hebog gwlanog was also 

 formerly applied to the " Lanner " or young Peregrine 

 Falcon. 



HEBOG MARTHIN. A Welsh name for the GOSHAWK. 



