132 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



JAY [No. 10, British Jay; No. 9, Continental Jay; No. 11, 

 Irish Jay]. Occurs in Barlow's Plates (1855), in 

 Merrett (1667), and in Willughby. From Fr. Geai. 

 Hartert has separated the resident British and Irish 

 forms of the Jay from the Continental form, hence the 

 change of name. 



JAY : The M1STLE-THRUSH is so called in many parts of 

 Ireland. (Thompson.) 



JAYPIB : The JAY (Notts., Cornwall, Devonshire) ; the 

 M1STLE-THRUSH (Wilts.). 



JAY PIET : The JAY. (Perth, and Sedbergh, Yorkshire.) 



JAY TEAL : The TEA r i. (Kirkcudbright.) Swainson thinks it 

 is from its colou v 



JEDCOCK : The JACK SNIPE. (Provincial.) 



JENNIE CUT-THROAT : The WHITETHROAT. (Roxburgh.) 



JENNY CROW. A name for the HERON according to Swainson. 



JENNY CRUDLE : The WREN. (Provincial.) 



JENNY HERON : The HERON. (Kirkcudbright.) 



JENNY HOWLET : The BARN-OWL and the TAWNY OWL. 

 (North of England.) Yorkshire variations are Jinny Hullut 

 and Jinny Yewlatt. 



JENNY JAY or JINNY JAY : The JAY. (North and west York- 

 shire.) 



JENNY OWL : The BARN-OWL. (Northumberland.) 



JENNY REDTAIL : The REDSTART. (North Yorkshire.) Nelson 

 and Clarke give Jenny Wrentail and Wrenny Redtail as 

 local Yorkshire variations. 



JENNY WREN or JENNY. A common provincial name for the 

 WREN. It is in use in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, 

 and other counties. Johnson (" Zoologist," 1848) also 

 gives " Jenner Hen " as a Yorkshire name, and " Jinties " 

 is said to be used at Barnsley. 



JERCOCK or CHERCOCK : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (West- 

 morland.) Perhaps a corruption of " Shercock " (q.v.), 

 but Swainson thinks it to be from its harsh cry. 



JEREMY JOY (= January Joy). A Cleveland name for the 

 MISTLE-THRUSH. 



JER-FALCON : The GYR-FALCON. Also probably formerly 

 applied by falconers to the ICELAND FALCON and 

 GREENLAND FALCON. The name occurs in Willughby 

 (1678), and is a corruption of Gerfalcon (or Gyrfalcon). 



JERKIN. An old falconer's term for the male of the GYR- 

 FALCON. 



