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SHORT-HEELED FIELD LARK : The TREE-PIPIT. (Montagu.) 

 Because the hind claw is not so long as the toe itself. 

 Swainson says it is a Scottish provincial name. By 

 inference the SKY-LARK is the Long-heeled species. 



SHORT HORN OWL : The SHORT-EARED OWL. (Fleming.) 



SHORT-TOED LARK [No. 59]. The name is found in Gould's 

 " Birds of Europe " (pt. xv, 1835). 



SHORT- WINGED WOOD-WREN. A name for the CHIFFCHAFF. 

 (Macgillivray.) 



SHOULFALL: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Sibbald.) 



SHOVELARD. An old name for the SPOONBILL. Occurs in 

 Turner (1544) and in Merrett (1667) ; also occurs as Shovelar 

 and Sholard. 



SHOVEL-BILL : The SHOVELER. From its spatulated bill. 



SHOVELER [No. 295]. The name arises from the spatulated 

 or spoon-shaped terminal part of the bill. It is found in 

 Willughby and most succeeding authors. 



SHRED COCK : The FIELDFARE. (Shropshire.) 



SHRIEK or SHREEK : The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. An equi- 

 valent of Shrike (q.v.). 



SHRIEKER : The BAR-TAILED GOD WIT and BLACK-TAILED 

 GODWIT. (Norfolk.) 



SHRIEK OWL : The SWIFT. (Provincial.) 



SHRIKE. Usually the GREAT GREY SHRIKE. Occurs in 

 Turner for this species. 



SHRILLCOCK : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Cheshire.) From its 

 loud song. 



SHRIMP-CATCHER : The LITTLE TERN. (Norfolk.) 



SHRITE or SHREITCH : The MISTLE-THRUSH. The first occurs 

 in Willughby (1678), and the second in Charleton (1668) 

 and Sibbald (1684). The former name, at any rate, is a 

 provincialism still in use. The derivation appears to be 

 from A.Sax. Scric, to screech (see Shrike). Swainson spells 

 it " Skrite." 



SHUFFLE-WING: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Craven.) So 

 called from its peculiar shake or fluttering of the wings. 



SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF. See CHIFFCHAFF. 



SIBERIAN GOOSE : The RED-BREASTED GOOSE. (Bewick.) 



SIBERIAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER. See PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 



Siberian Ruby-throat. This species is a relative of the well- 

 known " Bluet hroats," and of the Nightingales. It is 

 said to have been observed at Westgate-on-Sea, but is not 

 vet admitted to the British List. 



