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In Aberdeenshire, according to "Folklore Journal," 

 there exists the following saying 

 Yallow, yallow, yarlin' 

 Drinks a drap o' deevil's-bleed 

 Ilka Monday mornin'. 



In the West of Scotland (Aird's "Old Bachelor in the Old 



Scottish Village") it becomes 



Half a puddock, half a toad, half a yellow yorling, 



Cries for a drap o' the deil's bluid every Monday morning. 



In Yorkshire I believe the saying runs 

 A brock, a toad and a yellow yeorling 

 Drink a drop o' the deil's blood 

 Every May morning. 



Chambers gives another Scottish version as- 

 Half a puddock, half a toad, 

 Half a yellow yorling ; 

 Drink a drop o' the de'il's bluid 

 Every May morning. 



YELLOW-HAMMER. The older name of the YELLOW BUNTING. 

 Synonymous with Yellow Ammer (q.v.). 



YELLOW-LEGGED GULL: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED 

 GULL. (Fleming.) 



YELLOW-LEGGED HERRING-GULL [No. 432]. A Mediter- 

 ranean species, distinguished by the bright yellow of its 

 tarsi and feet. 



YELLOW MOLLY : The YELLOW WAGTAIL. (Hampshire.) 



YELLOW OWL : The BARN-OWL. (Provincial.) 



YELLOW PLOVER : The GOLDEN PLOVER. (Bewick.) 



YELLOW POLL or GOLDEN HEAD : The male WIGEON. (East 

 Ireland.) 



YELLOWSHANK [No. 392]. So called from its bright yellow 

 tarsi and feet. 



YELLOW-SHANKED SANDPIPER : The immature RUFF. Found 

 in Yarrell (1st ed.). It is the Yellowshanks of Pennant. 



YELLOW THROATED BEE-EATER. Macgillivray's name for the 

 BEE-EATER. 



YELLOW WAGTAIL [No. 79]. This species, sometimes called 

 Ray's Wagtail, and named by Bonaparte in 1838 in honour 

 of Ray, was for long considered the same as the Continental 

 BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. The Yellow Water- Wagtail 

 of Willughby, Pennant, etc., may therefore be taken as 

 the name of this species. The GREY WAGTAIL is also 

 mis-called the Yellow Wagtail by country people. Thompson 

 gives it as a popular name for this species in Ireland. 



