248 DICTIONABY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



WHEATSEL BIRD : The male CHAFFINCH. (Norfolk.) So 

 called, according to Gurney, from their congregating in 

 autumn about the season of wheat sowing. 



WHEEL-BIRD : The NIGHTJAR. Montagu gives it as a 

 provincial name, and Swainson says it is a Stirling name. 

 From its jarring noise resembling that made by a spinning 

 wheel. 



WHEELIEVE : The WILLOW- WARBLER. (Hett.) 



WHEETY WHEYBEARD, WHEETIE WHY, WHEYBEARD, WHITTIE 

 BEARD. Provincial names for the WHITETHROAT, 

 because its light-coloured head and neck-feathers stand 

 out so thickly. 



WHET-ILE: The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Essex, Herts.) 

 From A.Sax. thwitan, to cut. 



WHEWER : The female WIGEON. (Willughby). Bewick also 

 gives Whim and Pandled Whew, while Pandle Whew is a 

 Norfolk name according to Swainson. Whew is a Northum- 

 berland name for the species, said to be derived from the 

 whistling-call of the male. 



WHILK : The COMMON SCOTER. (Provincial.) 



WHIM : The WIGEON. (See under Whewer.) 



WHIMBREL [No. 405]. The name occurs in Willughby (1678). 



Skeat says it is derived from the bird's cry, resembling 



" whim." 



WHIMBREL CURLEW : The WHIMBREL. (Pennant.) 

 WHINCHACKER, WHINCHECK, WHIN CLOCHARET. North Country 



names for the WHINCHAT, of which name they are 



equivalents. 



WHINCHAT [No. 83]. So called from its habit of perching on 

 whinbushes, and uttering its monotonous note, syllabled 

 " u-tick." Occurs in Willughby (1678) and most subsequent 

 authors. Macgillivray calls it Whin Bushchat. 



WHINDLE and WHEENERD. Two old names for the REDWING, 

 perhaps from the local German Weindrustle and Winsel 

 (Newton). 



WHIN-GREY : The LINNET. (North Ireland.) 



WHIN-LINTIE. A Border name for the LINNET. (Lintie= 

 Linnet). Whin -Linnet is also a Scots name. 



WHIN SPARROW : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (East Lothian.) 



WHINYARD : The SHOVELER. (Waterford.) The COMMON 

 POCHARD. (Wexford.) Swainson says whinyard is a 

 name for a knife resembling a Shoveler's bill in shape. 



