PROVINCIAL NAMES OF BRITISH ANIMALS, 291 
Oxfordshire.—\ have collected the following list of local names 
during a residence of some years in Oxfordshire :— 
Reed Bunting. Reed Sparrow. | Linnet. Furze Linnet. 
Chaffinch. Peajfinch. Meadow Pipit. Titlark. 
Chiffchaff and Willow Wren. Feather- | Quail. Quick-me-dick. 
bed. | Redstart. Redtail. 
Crow. Gor Crow. Missel Thrush. Norman Thrush. 
Creeper. Tree Clipper. Song Thrush. Whistling Thrush. 
Little Grebe. Dabchick. Pied Wagtail. Dish-washer. 
Hedgesparrow. Billy. Sedge Warbler, Greater and Lesser 
Jay. Jay-pie. Whitethroat. Haytit. 
Kestrel. Bloodhawk. Green Woodpecker. cele. 
Lapwing. Peewit. 
Whenever any Quail’s eggs were obtained by the villagers, they 
called them “Quick-me-dick’s,” but 1 never could learn any 
derivation for the word.* The Kestrel is called a “ Blood-hawk,” 
owing to the blood-red colour of its eggs.—C. MarrHew Prior 
(Bedford). 
Westmoreland.—In compliance with the request of the Editor, 
for provincial names, I send atist of some which are current in 
Westmoreland :— 
Mistle Thrush. Chercock. Raven. Corby. 
Dipper. Water Crow or Bessy| Carrion Crow. Doupe or Black-neb. 
Doucker. Rook. Cra. 
Whinchat. Gorschat. Magpie. Piet. 
Wheatear. Stonechat. Swift. Devilin. 
Whitethroat. Streasmear. Ring Dove. Cushat. 
Pied Wagtail. Watty. ‘| Lapwing. Twet. 
Meadow Pipit. Ling-bird. Heron. Crane. — 
Yellow Bunting. Bessy Blakeling. | Dunlin. Sand-mouse or Sea-snipe. 
Chaffinch. Spink. Common Sandpiper. Willy Wicket. 
Goldfinch. Finch. Landrail. Daker-hen. 
Siskin. Aberdavine. Scoter. Dowcker. 
Linnet. Gray or Graybird. Golden-eye. Whiteside. 
Starling. Shepster. 
Want of discrimination is frequently the cause of many different 
species being called by the same name. Thus, the Garden 
Warbler, Common Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat, in West- 
moreland, are all called “Streasmear”; the Blackcap, Great Tit, 
Cole Tit, Marsh Tit and Black-headed Bunting are indiscriminately 
termed “ Blackcaps.” The word “ Diver” is still more compre- 
hensive, being bestowed on the Scaup, Pochard, Tufted Duck, and 
all the species of Merganser, Grebe, and Diver proper, i.e., 
Colymbus.—THomas Goucu (Arnbarrow, Milnthorpe). 
* The local name “ Quick-me-dick” for the Quail is no doubt an imitation of the 
trisyllabic note of this bird.—Ep. 
