208 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



SCOTCH NIGHTINGALE : The SEDGE -WARBLER. From its 

 singing at night. 



SCOTCH WREN : The WILLOW- WARBLER. (Pennant.) 



SCOTER : The COMMON SCOTER. (Pennant, Montagu, etc.) 



SCOTTISH CRESTED TITMOUSE. See CRESTED TITMOUSE. 



SCOTTISH CROSSBILL. See COMMON CROSSBILL. 



SCOUL. A Cornish name for the KITE. 



SCOULTON PEWIT or SCOULTON PIE : The BLACK-HEADED 

 GULL. (Norfolk.) From its breeding at Scoulton Mere. 



SCOUT : The COMMON GUILLEMOT (Yorkshire and Scot- 

 land); also applied to the RAZORBILL (Scotland). 

 Sibbald mentions the latter under the name of Auk, " the 

 Scout of our country folk." Willughby prints it Skout, 

 and gives it as a Yorkshire name. The word as used is of 

 Scandinavian origin and signifies to drive away. Also a 

 Farn Island name for the PUFFIN. 



SCOUTIALLIN, SCOUTY-ALLAN, or SCOUTY-AULIN : The ARCTIC 

 SKUA. (Orkney and Shetland.) 



SCRABER : The LITTLE AUK. (St. Kilda.) Also the MANX 

 SHEARWATER (Hebrides); and the BLACK GUIL- 

 LEMOT (Hebrides, East Lothian). Said to be from its 

 Norwegian name, skrabe, or scraper, because it scrapes a 

 hole in the sand for its nest. 



SCRAYE : The COMMON TERN. From its cry. 



SCREAMER, SCREECHER, SCREECH MARTIN, SQUEALER. English 

 provincial names for the SWIFT, from its harsh screaming 

 note. 



SCREAMING OWL : The BARN-OWL. (Yorkshire.) 



SCRECH Y COED. A Welsh name for the JAY; lit. "wood 

 screech." 



SCREECH, or SCREECH THRUSH : The MISTLE-THRUSH. So 

 called from its loud song. Screech-bird or Screech-Thrush 

 is also a Stirling name for the FIELDFARE. 



SCREECH HAWK: The NIGHTJAR. (Berks, and Bucks.) 



SCREECH OWL, SCRICH-OWLE, or SCRITCH-OWL. Properly the 

 BARN-OWL. Sibbald applies the name to the TAWNY 

 OWL. The former occurs in Merrett (1867) as the " Screech 

 or Screeching Owl." In old English the name owl occurs 

 as " Oule," " Ouul," or "Ule," the latter being the Saxon 

 name. In Rowland's "More Knaves Yet" (ca. 1613) 

 occurs : 



Wise Gosling, did but heare the scrich-owle crye, 

 And told his wife, and straight a pigge did dye. 



