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WATER CRAW: The DIPPER. Equivalent of Water-Crow. 

 Occurs in Turner (1544) as the name at Morpeth, Northum- 

 berland. Evans says the name is still used in the North of 

 England. 



WATER-CROW. A local name for the DIPPER (occurring in 

 Bewick). It is in use in Yorkshire, and Bolam says it is a 

 Border name for the species, and in Scotland often becomes 

 " Wetter-craw." Water-crow is also a Dumfries name for 

 the COOT. 



WATER-EAGLE. An old Scots name for the OSPREY. 



WATER-HEN. An alternative name for the MOORHEN. Occurs 

 in Turner, Willughby, and numerous subsequent writers, 

 sometimes as Common Water-hen. According to Rutty, 

 it was used in co. Dublin for the WATER-RAIL. 



WATERIE : The PIED WAGTAIL. (Forfar.) 



WATERIE- WAGTAIL. A popular Border name for the PIED 

 WAGTAIL. (Bolam.) 



WATER JUNKET. A name for the COMMON SANDPIPER. 

 (Swainson.) 



WATER-LAEROCK (Water Lark) : The COMMON SANDPIPER, 

 (Swainson.) 



WATER-LINNET : The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Hett.) 



WATER-OUZEL : The DIPPER. Occurs under this name in 

 Willughby, and it was the general name for the bird for 

 long after, occurring in Albin, Pennant, Latham, Lewin, 

 Walcott, Donovan and Bewick. 



WATER PEGGY : The DIPPER. (Dumfries.) 



WATER-PIET, WATER PYET, WATER PYOT, or WATER PIOT. 

 Local names for the DIPPER. Literally the " little water 

 pie." So called from its black-and-white plumage, " piet " 

 being an equivalent to (or diminutive of) " pie " (q.v.). 

 In South-west Scotland the name occurs as " Water- 

 pyat." Bewick gives Water-Piot. 



WATER-PIPIT [No. '70]. This is a close ally of the ROCK- 

 PIPIT, but is an Alpine or mountain species, in place of 

 marine. 



WATER-RAIL [No. 459]. The name, from its aquatic pre- 

 dilections, occurs in Willughby (1678) the species being 

 based on the Rallus aquaticus of Aldrovandus, of which the 

 name would be a literal translation. 



WATER-SPARROW : The REED-BUNTING. (Shropshire.) Occurs 

 in Montagu as a provincial name. 



WATER-THRUSH : The DIPPER. (Cornwall.) 



