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Common Redstart. Red-tail; Fire- 
tail. 
Stonechat. Stone-chuck. 
Whinchat. Furr-chuck. 
“Furr” is a corruption of Furze. 
Wheatear. White-rump; Coney- 
chuck ;* Chock (Sir T. Browne). 
Sedge Warbler. Sedge-marine. 
I am unable to conjecture the 
derivation of this name, which 
has’ been communicated to me 
by Mr. F. Norgate as in use on 
Hickling Broad. 
Nightingale. Barley-bird (orby).+ 
Blackeap Warbler. King Harry 
Blackeap ; Black-headed Hayjack. 
Greater Whitethroat. Hayjack. 
This name is also applied to the 
Lesser Whitethroat and to the 
Garden Warbler. 
Willow Warbler. Oven-bird; Oven- 
tit; Ground Oven. 
These names are taken from the 
nest, and are also applied to the 
Chiffchaff. 
Common Wren. Kitty Wren; Stag; } 
Tom-tit. 
Creeper. Creep-tree. 
Nuthatch. Nuthack (Sir T, Browne). 
Great Tit. Sharp saw. 
Blue Tit. Pick-cheese. 
This name is also applied, more or 
less frequently, to the Great, 
Marsh and Cole ‘its. The 
two latter are called by some 
“ Blackcaps.” 
Long-tailed Tit. Long-tailed Capon ; 
Bush-oven; Feather-poke ; Pud- 
ding-poke ; Bottle-tit. 
All these names, except the first, 
are derived from the nest. 
Bearded Tit. Reed Pheasant. 
Pied Wagtail. Penny Wagtail 
Common Bunting. Bunt Lark. 
Reed Bunting. Reed Sparrow. 
Yellowhammer. Guler. 
THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Chaffinch. Spink; Wheatsel-bird. 
Two authorities give the last as a 
name applied to the male Chaf- 
finch—probably from these birds 
congregating in autumn about 
the season of wheat-sowing. 
Goldfinch. Draw-water; King Harry 
Redcap ; Fool's-coat. 
The last name, given by Sir T. 
Browne, is evidently derived 
from the motley dress of the 
fools or jesters of former times. 
Linnet. Grey Linnet; Brown Lin- 
net; Red Linnet; Blood Linnet. 
The two last names evidently refer 
to red-breasted specimens, and 
the two former to those that are 
not so. 
Hawfinch. Coble-bird(Sir T. Browne). 
Greenfinch. Green Linnet; Greenolf. 
Bullfinch. Bloodolf. 
Carrion Crow. Carner Crow; Carener 
Crow. 
These are probably merely corrupt 
pronunciations of Carrion Crow. 
Hooded Crow. Norway Crow; Danish 
Crow ; Harry Dutchman. 
Jackdaw. Caddaw ; Cadder ; Caddy. 
Magpie. Chatter-pie (Forby). 
Green Woodpecker. Green Woodspeck. 
Greater Spotted Woodpecker. Black 
and White Woodspeck. 
Wryneck. Cuckoo’s Mate; Hobby- 
bird.§ 
Swift. Deviling ; Devil-bird. 
Nightjar. Dor-hawk (Sir T. Browne); 
Night-hawk; Razor-grinder ; Scis- 
sor-grinder. 
The first of these names evidently 
refers to the food of the bird, and 
the two last to its note. 
Wood Pigeon. Dow. 
An evident corruption of Dove. 
Quail. Wet-my-lip. 
A West Norfolk name, probably 
derived from the call-note. 
* Probably as frequenting rabbit warrens. 
+ See Stevenson’s ‘ Birds of Norfolk,’ vol. i., p. 123, as to this name. 
+ 
+ This name is given by Forby, but its derivation appears to be obscure. 
§ “So called because it comes either with or a little before the Hobbies in the 
spring.”—Sir T. Browne. 
