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TITLARK. A common provincial name for the MEADOW- 

 PIPIT. Occurs in Merrett, Willughby and many later 

 authors. Has also been applied sometimes to the TREE- 

 PIPIT and the ROCK-PIPIT. 



TITLENE. A North Country name for the HEDGE-SPARROW. 

 (Swainson.) 



TITLING. A provincial name for the HEDGE-SPARROW. 

 Occurs in Montagu (1802). Turner's "Titling," which 

 he wrongly identifies with the " Curuca " of Aristotle, 

 does not appear to be the Hedge-Sparrow, although 

 Aristotle's Curuca no doubt is. The name has been some- 

 times applied to the MEADOW-PIPIT, for which, however 

 the more general term is Titlark. 



TITMAL : The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) 



TITMEG, TITEREEN : The WREN. (Hett.) 



TITMOUSE. Any species of Titmouse. Mid. Eng. titmose or 

 Titmase, from " tit " (q.v.) and A. Sax. mase, a small bird of no 

 particular species : not equivalent to " mouse." Plural 

 " titmice "is therefore incorrect and should be titmouses. 

 It usually occurs in old authors as Titmouse, but Mac- 

 gillivray and Yarrell set the fashion of abbreviating to " Tit." 



TITTEREL : The WHIMBREL. (Sussex.) Hawker also gives 

 it as a local Dorsetshire name. 



TITTIMAW or TITMAUPS. Cheshire names for any species of 

 Titmouse, of which name it is a corruption. 



TITTY TODGER : The WREN. (Devonshire.) See Titty Wren. 



TITTY WREN: The WREN. (Wilts.) "Titty" is from the 

 Icelandic tittr a small bird, or anything small. " Tit " 

 (q.v.) is an equivalent. 



TOAD SNATCHER. A name for the REED-BUNTING. 

 (Yorks.) 



TOD BIRD : The GREAT SKUA. (Yorks.) 



TOM HARRY: The GREAT SKUA. (Cornwall.) 



TOMMY Loos. A nickname for species of Divers. 



TOM NOWP : The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Cheshire.) Swainson 

 also gives TOM NOUP as a Shropshire name for the GREAT 

 TITMOUSE. Nowp or Noup seems the same as Nope, 

 a name for the BULLFINCH. 



TOM PUDDING : The LITTLE GREBE. (Shropshire, Yorks., 

 Antrim.) 



TOM PUFFIN: The LITTLE GREBE. (Yorks.) 



TOM THUMB : The WILLOW- WARBLER. (Roxburgh.) From 

 its small size. 



