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STEINGALL: The KESTREL. An equivalent of " stannel " 

 (q.v.). Occurs in Turner (1544) as a name for this species. 



STEINKLE : The WHEATEAR. (Shetlands.) 



STELLER'S EIDER [No. 306]. The name is found in Yarrell 

 ( 1 843) as Steller's Western Duck. It is the Western Pochard 

 of Selby. 



STENOR. An old Cornish name for a Wagtail. 



STERLIN : The STARLING. (Orkney and Shetland.) 



STERN : The BLACK TERN. Turner says that this species, 

 formerly a common bird with us, was so termed in local 

 dialect. 



STERN COCK. A provincial name (quoted by Jesse) for the 

 MISTLE-THRUSH. Probably an equivalent of "Storm 

 Cock " (q.v.). The A. Sax, storm and German sturm come 

 from the same root as Lat. sterner e (=to strew or prostrate) 

 and have the same significance. 



STILT PLOVER. A name for the BLACK-WINGED STILT. 



STINKLIN. A Shetland name for the WHEATEAR. It is a 

 corruption of " stone-clink " (q.v.). 



STINT or SNENT. A local term on the coasts of our islands for 

 the DUNLIN, as well as the LITTLE STINT, SANDER- 

 LING and other small shore-birds. Willughby applies it 

 to the DUNLIN. It occurs as " Stynte " in the Northum- 

 berland Household Book, A.D. 1512. 



STIX. A Cornish name for a Screech Owl (? BARN-OWL). 



STOCK ANNET : The SHELD-DUCK. (East Scotland. ) Accord- 

 ing to Jamieson it signifies Stock ent (i.e. Stock Duck). 



STOCK-DOVE [No. 346]. Said to be so called from its being 

 supposed to be the stock bird from which our domesticated 

 pigeons were derived : it is, however, doubtful whether 

 the name may not refer to the bird's habit of nesting in the 

 " stocks " of trees. The name occurs in Turner (1544) as 

 " stocdove," in Barlow (1655) as " Stock-dove," in Merrett 

 (1667) as " Stock-Dove or Wood-Pi dgeon," and in Willughby 

 (1678) as u Stock-Dove or Wood-Pigeon." Pennant calls 

 it " Stock Pigeon, or Stock Dove," while Montagu unites 

 it with the ROCK-DOVE and thinks they form one species. 



STOCK DUCK : The MALLARD. (Orkney and Shetland. ), because 

 it is considered to be the stock from which the tame varieties 

 have sprung. 



STOCK-EEKLE or STOCK-EIKLE : The GREEN WOODPECKER. 

 (Staffordshire, Worcestershire.) The word stock (Dan. or 

 Norse stock, A.Sax. stoc) is in one sense synonymic with stuck 



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