PROVINCIAL NAMES OF BRITISH ANIMALS. 333 
Essex.—I have met with the following local names for birds 
when wildfowl shooting at Leigh, Essex.—A. H. SMre (7, Finsbury 
Circus). 
Godwit. Prine. Brent Goose. Black Goose. 
Oystercatcher. Olive. .| Bernicle Goose. Bar-goose. 
Knot. Male. Sheldrake. Bar-gander. 
Scaup and Pochard. Dunbird. Black-backed Gull. Saddle-back. 
Redshank. Tuke. Scoter. Black Duck. 
Dunlin. Ozbird. Gadwall. Sand Wigeon. 
West Cornwall.—| add the local names of some of our mammals, 
birds, &c., in West Cornwall :— 
Badger. The Grey.* Chaffinch. Copperfinch. 
Mole. Wunt or Want. Bulfinch. Hoop (very rare). 
Short-eared Owl. Woodcock Owl. Kestrel. Windhover. 
Around Dartmoor, in Devonshire, Nightjar. Dorhawk ; Goatsucker , 
the “‘ Red Owl.” Night-hawk. 
Missel Thrush. Home-sereech. Jay. Jay-pie (rare). 
Song Thrush. Grey-bird. Lapwing. Peewit. 
Fieldfare. Blue-bird. Hooded Crow. Marazion (or Market 
Redwing. Winnard. Jew) Crow. 
Wheatear. Wittol; W hitass.+ Oystercatcher. Sea-pie; Sea Magpie. 
Starling. Stare. Little Grebe. Dabchick. 
Hedgesparrow. Spawe. Guillemot. Is, I believe, The Murre. 
The Tits (all except the Long-tailed | Lizards and Newts. Padzypows.§ 
Tit). Pridden-pral. t Small Frogs. Quilkin. 
On Dartmoor these birds are called Blindworm. Long-cripple. 
“* Heckymals.” On Dartmoor the Common Snake 
Yellowhammer. Gladdy. is the “ Long-cripple,” and the 
Pied Wagtail. Water Wagtail ; Dish- large Dragonfly is the ‘ Long- 
washer ; Dish-lick. cripple’s Horse.” 
Insects, crustaceans, and fish open a wide field in this direction 
of local names. Of the snails the shelled ones are with us 
“Jeanyakes” (an old Cornish name which has survived, but with 
* There is a large family or little clan of people in this neighbourhood whose 
nickname is “ Badger.” They are a pugnacious lot, and will never themselyes use 
this word “grey,” nor permit it to be used with impunity in their presence. If they 
want to express the colour grey they use the word “blue.” 
+ These two names suggest a derivation of the word « Wheatear.” The bird takes 
its name from its white rump (White-tail=Wittol), and hence the second name 
above given, softened into Whitear or Wheatear. 
} Old Cornish, which translated literally means “Tree Babbler.” 
§ From pedzhar or peskwar, old Cornish for « four,” and pow, old Cornish for 
“foot.” 
