GLOSSARY OF COMMON AND 

 PROVINCIAL NAMES AND OF TECHNICAL 



TERMS. 



<J : male 



Aberdeen Sandpiper : a name for 

 the Knot 



Aberdevine : a name for the 

 Siskin 



Accentor, Hedge : Sparrow. Chan- 

 ter or Warbler 



Alk : the Razorbill 



Allamotte : the Petrel 



Allan : the Skua 



Alp : a name for the Bullfinch 



Annet : the Kittiwake Gull 



Arctic-bird : the Skua 



Arctic Skua 

 „ Tern 



Assilag : the Petrel 



Awl : the Woodpecker 



Badock : the Skua 



Bank jug : the Chiff-chaff and 

 Willow Warbler 



Bargander : the Sheldrake 



Barley-bird : the Siskin and Wry- 

 neck 



Barred or Lesser- spotted Wood- 

 pecker 



Bar-tailed Godwit 



Basal : at or near the base 



Beam-bird : the Spotted Fly- 

 catcher 



Bean Crake : the Land-Rail 

 .. Goose 



9 t female 



Bearded Reedling 

 Bee-bird : a name sometimes 

 given to the Flycatcher ; 

 sometimes to the Willow 

 Warbler 

 „ -eater 



,, -hawk : the Honey Buzzard 

 Beech-finch : the Chaffinch 

 Bergander : the Sheldrake 

 Bernicle Goose 

 Billy : the Hedge Sparrow 

 Billy-whitethroat : the White- 

 throat 

 Bittern 



Black-a-top : the Stonechat 

 Black-billed Auk : a name given 

 to the Razor-bill In the winter 

 plumage of the first year 

 Blackcap : a name sometimes 

 given to the Black-headed Gull, 

 the Marsh Tit, and Coal Tit 

 Black Duck : the Scoter 

 Blacky-top : the Stonechat 

 Bloodulf : the Bullfinch 

 Blind Dorbie : the Purple Sand- 

 piper 

 Blue-backed Falcon : the Pere- 

 grine Falcon 



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