174 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



PARTRIDGE : The general name for the COMMON PARTRIDGE. 

 Old Eng. Pertriche; Scot., Patrick, Paitrick, or Pertrick. 



Passenger-Pigeon. An American species, now thought to be 

 extinct, of which five British examples are on record, but 

 which are presumed to have escaped from captivity. The 

 name seems to have been invented by Wilson, the colloquial 

 name in North America having apparently been " Wild 

 Pigeon." On the British side it occurs in Jenyns (1835) 

 and as Passenger Turtle in Selby (1833). 



PASSERINE OWL : The LITTLE OWL. 



PASSERINE WARBLER: The GARDEN- WARBLER. Found 

 in Bewick (1797). 



PATRICK or PERTICK: The COMMON PARTRIDGE. (Scotland.) 

 See Partridge. 



PEA-BHID : The WRYNECK. (Provincial. ) Swainson says it is 

 from its sharp utterance of the sound " pea-pea." 



PEAR-TREE GOLDFINCH. A bird-fancier's name for a supposed 

 large variety of the GOLDFINCH, reared in pear-trees. 



PEASE CROW : The COMMON TERN. (Provincial.) 



PEASE WEEP, or PEESEWEEP : The LAPWING. (Scotland and 

 Northumberland.) From its cry. According to Swainson 

 the name has also been applied to the GREENFINCH, 

 because one of its notes resembles that of the Lap\ving. 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER [No. 378, American Pectoral 

 Sandpiper; No. 379, Siberian Pectoral Sandpiper]. This 

 species is now divided into two forms, of which the Arctic- 

 American race has occurred many times in our islands, but 

 the Asiatic is only known to have occurred once with 

 certainty. The name Pectoral Sandpiper is found in 

 Jenyns, Yarrell (1st ed.) and later authors. 



PEEP o' DAY: A name for the LITTLE GREBE. (East 

 Cottingwith, Yorkshire.) 



PEEP: The SANDERLING. (Boulmer, Northumberland.) 

 From its note. Also the MEADOW-PIPIT (Forfar). 



PEEPY LENNART. A Holy Island name for the TWITE. 

 (Bolam.) 



PEERIE WHAUP : The WHIMBREL. (Shetlands.) 



PEESNIPS : The LAPWING. (Cheshire.) 



PEETLARK : The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Cheshire.) 



PEEWIT : The LAPWING. (See Pewit.) 



PEEWIT GULL: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (See Pewit 

 Gull.) 



