238 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Falcon -gen tie (q.v.), the term tercel or tiercel alone properly 



signifying the male Goshawk. In Merrett's list (1667) 



the Goshawk is called " Tassal." 

 TIERCEL-GENTLE: The male PEREGRINE FALCON (see 



Tiercel). Sibbald gives it as a Ross and Orkneys name, 



but it was in very general use in falconry, frequently also 



being spelt Tercel-gentle. 



TIETICK : The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Shetlands.) 

 TIEVES' NICKET or TIEVES OBIT : The LAPWING. (Shetlands.) 

 TIGER OWL. A name for the SHORT-EARED OWL. (Hett.) 

 TILE SWALLOW : The SWIFT (Yorks.) 

 TIMMER DOO : The RING-DOVE in Scots dialect. Timmer= 



timber, doo=dove. 



TINKER : The PURPLE SANDPIPER. (Northumberland.) 

 TINKERSHERE (Tinker's hue) : The COMMON GUILLEMOT. 

 ' (Provincial.) From its sombre upper- plumage. Hett 



also gives it for the BLACK GUILLEMOT. 

 TINNER : The PIED WAGTAIL. (Cornwall.) 

 TINNOCK: The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) Swainson 



thinks it is from its shrill note. 

 TINSIGL or TINSIGL Y GWYS. Welsh names for the PIED 



WAGTAIL : the first signifies Wagtail, while the second 



(which is given to the WHITE WAGTAIL in North Wales 



by Coward and Oldham) signifies " Wagtail of the furrow." 

 TINSIGL FELEN : The YELLOW WAGTAIL. (North Wales) 



lit. " yellow wagtail." 

 TINSIGL LWYD : The GREY WAGTAIL. (North Wales) 



lit. " grey wagtail." 

 TINTIE : The WREN. (Notts.) 

 TINWEN Y GARN or TINWEN Y GARREG. Welsh names for the 



WHEATEAR: the first signifies "white rump of the 



stone-heap," the second " white rump of the crag." 

 TIPPET GREBE : The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. (Bewick.) 



From the breast-plumage being used for tippets by furriers. 

 TIRMA : The OYSTERCATCHER. (Martin's " Voy. St. Kilda.") 

 Trr. A term applied to individuals of the family Paridce. 



Equivalent to "titmouse." From Icel. tittr, a small bird; 



lit. anything small. 

 TITHYS REDSTART : The BLACK REDSTART. Tithys (also 



the specific name) is from Sansk. tiiha, fire, or Lat. Titan, 



the Sun-god, both capable of allusion to the red tail and 



tail-coverts. See also REDSTART. 



