242 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



TSHAUHA. A Cornish name for the CHOUGH ; also the JACK- 

 DAW (?). 



TSI-KUK. A Cornish name for the SWALLOW ; lit. " house- 

 cuckoo." 



TSKEKKER EITHIN. A Cornish name for a Titmouse, or 

 Furzechat. 



TUET or TUIT : The LAPWING. (West Yorkshire, Lancashire 

 and Westmorland.) From its cry. 



TUFTED DUCK [No. 300]. The name occurs in Willughby 

 (1678) and in all succeeding authors, and is derived from the 

 bird's pendant crest of narrow feathers. Selby calls it 

 " Tufted Pochard," and it also occurs as " Tufted Wigeon." 



TUFTED SKART : The SHAG. (Provincial.) From its tuft or 

 crest on the head. 



TULIAC : The GREAT SKUA. (Provincial.) 



TULLET : The RINGED PLOVER. (Cheshire.) 



TUMBLER: The BLACK-HEADED GULL (Redcar, Yorks.) 



TURKEY BIRD : The WRYNECK. Because it ruffles the neck- 

 feathers when disturbed. 



TURNSTONE [No. 368]. The name occurs in Edwards (pi. 141) 

 as the "Turnstone from Hudson's Bay." Pennant (1766) 

 has " Turnstone " only. The name arises from the bird's 

 habit of turning over small stones, etc., in seeking its food. 



TURTLE. Albin gives this as a Bass Rock name for the BLACK 

 GUILLEMOT, and says it is on account of its laying two 

 eggs. 



TURTLE-DOVE [No. 348]. From Fr. tourterelle, der. from Lat. 

 Turtur. The name is found in Chaucer, who speaks of 

 " the wedded turtil with her hearte trewe." It occurs in 

 Turner (1544) as " turtel duve," in Merrett (1667) as 

 "Turtle Dove," and in Willughby as "Turtle-dove." 

 Pennant (1766 ed.) has "The Turtle," while later writers 

 call it the "Common Turtle," but Bewick (1797) and 

 succeeding authors revert to the name Turtle-Dove. 



TURTLE-DOVE. A Holy Island (Northumberland) name for the 

 BLACK GUILLEMOT. 



TURTUR : The TURTLE-DOVE. (North Wales.) 



TWINK: The CHAFFINCH. From its note. Occurs in 



Montagu. 



TWITE [No. 20]. This name, derived from its call-note, is 

 first found in Albin (1738). Willughby, Pennant and other 

 old authors call it the Mountain Linnet. It is sometimes 

 also called Twite Finch (North Yorkshire). 



