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HEDGE SPICK : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Sussex.) 



HEDGE WARBLER : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Bewick.) Also 

 local name in Yorkshire. 



HEDGY or HEDGER : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provincial.) 

 HEDYDD, EHEDYDD, or UCHEDYDD. Welsh names for the SKY- 

 LARK; the first two signify a "flier," the third a "high 

 flier." 



HEDYDD- Y-COED. The Welsh name for the WOOD-LARK ; 

 lit. " wood-lark." 



HEEDY-CRAW : The HOODED CROW. (Scotland.) No doubt 

 a conuption. 



HEFFUL, HEFFALD : The GREEN WOODPECKER. (York- 

 shire.) Probably same as " yaffle." 



HEGRIE, HEGRIL'S SKIP, or SKIP HEGRIE : The HERON. (Shet- 

 land?.) 



HELEGUG : The PUFFIN. Willughby records it as so called 

 in South Wales. 



HELLEJAY : The RAZORBILL. (Shetlands.) Hett also gives 

 "" Heiligog " for this species. 



HEMPIE: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Scotland and York- 

 shire.) 



HEX-DRIVER. An occasional name for the HEN-HARRIER 

 (Thornton.) 



HEN-HARRIER [No. 24]. Formerly a common species in our 

 islands, but now rare as a breeding species. The names 

 Hen-Harrier (male) and Ring-tail (female) both occur in 

 Willughby (1678). Turner (1544) has " Hen harroer," 

 and says, " It gets this name among our countrymen from 

 butchering their fowls." It is related in the "Zoologist" 

 that in the Hebrides it is said of any one, should he be more 

 than ordinarily fortunate on a certain day, that he must 

 have seen the " clamhan luch " or Hen-Harrier. 



HEX HARROER: The HEN-HARRIER. Occurs in Turner 

 (1544), and is copied from him by Aldrovandus. 



HERALD : The COMMON HERON. (Forfar.) 



HERALD DUCK or HERALD : The RED-BREASTED MER- 

 GANSER. (Shetland Isles, Forfar.) 



HERDSMAN : The GREAT SKUA. (Orkneys.) Because it is 

 believed to protect the young lambs from Eagles (Swainson.) 



HERL: The adult male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 

 (Northumberland. ) 



HERMIT CROW : The CHOUGH. From its solitary habits. 



