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WHIP : The SWIFT. (West Riding, Yorkshire.) 

 WHISHEY-WHEY-BEABD : The WHITETHROAT. So called 



in many parts of Scotland. (Gray.) 

 WHISHIE : The WHITETHROAT. (East Lothian.) 

 WHISKER-BIRD : The CORN-BUNTING. (Hett.) 

 WHISKERED TERN [No. 413]. So called from the white 



stripe running backward from the gape. The name is 



found in Yarrell. It is the Moustached Tern of Gould 



(" Birds of Europe," pt. xvm). 

 WHISTLER: The GOLDENEYE and the WIGEON. Also 



applied to the RING-OUZEL. (Wicklow). 

 WHISTLING DUCK : The COOT. (Renfrew.) 

 WHISTLING PLOVER: The GOLDEN PLOVER. (Norfolk, 



Renfrew.) From its clear whistle. Occurs in Merrett, and 



Montagu gives it as a provincial name. Swainson also 



applies it to the GREY PLOVER. 

 WHISTLING SANDPIPER : The GREEN SANDPIPER. 

 WHISTLING SWAN : The WHOOPER SWAN. (Selby, Jenyns, 



Gould.) Used locally in Northumberland. 

 WHISTLING THRUSH or WHISTLING DICK. A Thames Valley 



name for the SONG-THRUSH. (Swainson.) 

 WHITE-AND-DUSKY GREBE: The SLAVONIAN GREBE. 



(Pennant.) 



WHITE-BACKED DOVE : The ROCK-DOVE. (Macgillivray.) 

 WHITE BAKER : The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (Provincial.) 

 WHITE-BELLIED SWIFT : The ALPINE SWIFT. (Gould.) 

 WHITE-BILLED NORTHERN DIVER [No. 342]. A close 



ally of the GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, but with the 



bill yellowish- white at all seasons. 

 WHITE-BREASTED BLACKBIRD : The RING-OUZEL. 

 WHITE -BREASTED WARBLER. Macgillivray's name for the 



LESSER WHITETHROAT. 

 WHITE-BREASTED WEET-WEET. Macgillivray's name for the 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 

 WHITE-CAP : The male REDSTART. (Salop., Yorks.) From its 



white forehead ; also a name for the WHITETHROAT. 

 WHITE CROW : The BLACK-HEADED GULL. 

 WHITE-EYED DUCK : The FERRUGINOUS DUCK is so called 



by some authors. 

 WHITE-FACED CROW : The ROOK. From the bare whitish skin 



on the face. 

 WHITE-FACED DIVER : The COOT. (Ireland.) 



