236 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



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TERN: The SANDWICH TERN. (Northumberland.) Dis- 

 tinguished locally by its larger size than other species as 

 " the Tern " or " Large Tern " (Bolam). 



TEUCHET, TEUCHIT, TEWHIT, TEWET, TEAFIT, or TEWFIT : The 

 LAPWING: (North country and Scotland.) So called 

 from its cry. 



TEUK : The REDSHANK. (Essex.) From its cry. 



THACK or THATCH SPARROW : The HOUSE-SPARROW. (Nor- 



thants., Shropshire.) 



THICK-BILL : The BULLFINCH. (Lancashire, Yorks.) 

 THICK-BILLED GUILLEMOT : BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT. 



(Provincial.) 



THICK-BILLED NUTCRACKER. See NUTCRACKER. 

 THICK-KNEED BUSTARD : The STONE-CURLEW. From the 



thick swollen appearance of the knees when young. Occurs 



in Pennant ( 1 766) and other writers to Montagu. Also found 



as Thick-knee. 



THIN-NECK : The PINTAIL. (Holy Island.) 

 THIN-THRESHER. A name for the MISTLE-THRUSH. (Hett.) 



THIRSTLE : The SONG-THRUSH. (Devonshire, Cornwall, Shrop- 

 shire.) A corruption of Throstle. 



THISTLE-COCK : The CORN-BUNTING. (Orkneys.) 



THISTLE FINCH, THISTLE-BIRD, or THISTLE-WARP : The GOLD- 

 FINCH. (Provincial.) The first name occurs in Willughby . 



THOMAS GIERDET. Hett gives this as a name for the RED- 

 BREAST. 



THORN-GREY : The LINNET. (Ireland.) THORN LINNET is a 

 Yorks. name for the same species. Hett gives Thorney- 

 grey as a name for the LESSER REDPOLL. 



THORN WARBLER: The SEDGE WARBLER. (E. Cleveland.) 



THREE-TOED QUAIL : The Andalusian Hemipode. 



THREE-TOED SAND-GROUSE : PALLAS'S SAND-GROUSE. 



THRESHER : The SONG-THRUSH. (Provincial.) 



THRICE COCK. A Midland and North of England name for the 

 MISTLE-THRUSH. In use in Cheshire and Shropshire, 

 and Jesse (" Gleanings," 2nd ser.) gives it as a Staf- 

 fordshire name. The literal meaning is " thrush cock," 

 thrice being from A.Sax. thrysce ^thrush. 



THROG, THROGGY, or THROLLIE : The SONG-THRUSH. 

 (Cheshire.) The third form also occurs in North Yorkshire. 

 A corruption of " Throstle " (q.v.). 



