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PIET, PYET, PIOT, or PYOT : The MAGPIE. Turner (1544) 

 has " Plot," and Merrett (1667) has " Pyot." Piet is also 

 applied to the DIPPER. (See " Water-Piet.") 



PIE-WYPE or PIE-WIPE : The LAPWING. (See " Wype.") 



PIGEON FELT: The FIELDFARE. (Berks., Bucks., Oxon., 

 Cheshire.) From the blue-grey lower-back. 



PIGEON GULL: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Yorkshire 

 coast.) 



PIGEON HAWK: The GOSHAWK (Rutty); also the 

 SPARROW-HAWK (Yorkshire). Occurs in Montagu for 

 the latter species. 



PIGEON OF THE NORTH. A name for the LITTLE AUK. (Hett.) 



PIGEON PLOVER : The GREY PLOVER. (Humber district.) 



PIGMY CURLEW or PIGMY SANDPIPER : The CURLEW SAND- 

 PIPER. So called from its being supposed to resemble 

 a miniature Curlew. Montagu includes the species under 

 the name of Pigmy Curlew, which is a Norfolk name for 

 the species. 



PIG MYNAWD. A Welsh name for the AVOCET. 



PILA GWYRDD : The GREENFINCH. (North Wales) lit. 

 " green finch." 



PINE-BUNTING [No. 44]. A bird inhabiting the pine forests 

 of Siberia, which has lately been recorded once from Fair 

 Isle (Shetlands). 



PINE-GROSBEAK [No. 32]. So called from its frequenting 

 pine woods. Grosbeak is from Fr. grosbec ("great bill"). 

 The name is found in Bewick (1797). It is the Pine Bull- 

 finch of Selby and the Common Hawfinch of Fleming, while 

 Edwards calls it the Greatest Bullfinch. 



PINE MAW : The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Antrim.) 



PINK, PINKETY, PINK-TWINE:. Provincial names for the CHAF- 

 FINCH. (England.) From its call-note. 



PINK-FOOTED GOOSE [No. 278]. First described and named 

 by Bartlett (" P.Z.S.," 1839, p. 3), the name being adopted 

 by Yarrell and succeeding authors. 



PINNOCK : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provincial). From its 

 piping note (Swainson). The BEARDED TITMOUSE is 

 also known as " Bearded Pinnock." 



PINTAIL [No. 296]. The name Pintail is first applied by 

 Pennant (1766) who calls it Pintail Duck. Willughby and 

 Ray call it the " Sea Pheasant or Cracker." The name 

 arises from the pointed appearance of the tail, the two middle 

 feathers of which are elongated and finely pointed. 



