PROVINCIAL NAMES OF BRITISH ANIMALS, 
Scotland. —In continuation of the list of 
387 
Scotch names on 
pp. 829-30, I may add the following, similarly named in Yorkshire 
and in Scotland :— 
Rat. Ratton in Yorkshire. The Gaelic 
is Radan; the earlier Secvtch 
spelling Rattan. Now commonly 
called Rotten or Rottan. 
Tawny Owl. Brown Olin Scotland. 
I see Mr. Atkinson uses it (p. 330), 
but not as a local name. 
Ring Ouzel. Also called Moor Black- 
bird in Scotland. 
Redstart. Same names as in York- 
shire. 
Stonechat. Stonechacker. 
Pied Wagtail. Dish-washer. 
Black-headed Bunting. Blackcap is 
rarely applied in Scotland, but 
Coaly-head is commonly be- 
stowed on this species. 
Chaffinch. Spink. 
Rook. Craw. 
Wild Duck. Grey Duck. 
Scoter. Douker. 
This name is usually applied to 
any Sea-ducks which at times 
frequent fresh water, as the 
Golden-eye and Tufted Duck. 
Tern. Sea Swallow. 
Cormorant. Scart, or Scarf; com- 
pare with Scarth in Lancashire. 
Sparrowhawk. Blue Hawk is the 
name commonly bestowed upon 
this bird in Scotland. I do not 
know it as applied to the Hen 
Harrier (p. 584). 
Long-tailed Tit. Bottle Tit. 
Reed Bunting. Blackcap is rarely 
applied to this bird in Scotland, 
but Coal-head or Coaly-head is 
common. In different localities 
both these latter names are also 
applied to the Cole Titmouse. 
Goldfinch. Goldie in Scotland. 
Iam not aware that this name is 
anywhere applied to the Yellow- 
hammer in Scotland, but I still 
await returns from any southern 
county. 
Greenfinch. Also Green Linnet or 
Lintie in Scotland. 
Lapwing. Teuchet in Forfar and 
Fife ; compare with Twjit, the 
name applied to this bird in 
Yorkshire. 
“Cuddy,” the Yorkshire name for the Hedgesparrow, is also 
applied to young Lythe, or Coal-fish, or Pollack, in the North and 
West of Scotland. “Tade,” or “Taed,” is applied also to the 
Toad, and “ Ask” also to the Newt. 
Mr. James Lumsden is working at the same subject, with a view 
to prepare a list of the Birds of Scotland for the Glasgow Natural 
History Society, and we are assisting one another in our work,— 
Joun A. Harvir Brown (Dunipace House, Larbert, N.B.) 
CorREcTIoNs or Errors.—In the Rev. J. C. Atkinson's Yorkshire list (p. 330), 
the local name for the Weasel should be “ Ressel or Rezzel ”; for the Shrew, “ Blind 
Mouse”; for the Swift, “ Devil-skriker” (no Cleveland person ever says ‘shriek,’ 
always ‘skrike’”); for the Heron, “Hernsew.” « Saddleback” is one of the 
synonyms of the Hooded Crow, not of the Rook. Page 330, fifth line from bottom, 
and p. 331, thirteenth line from top, cf. not c.f. P. 330, third line from bottom, 
Lincolnshire, not Lancashire. « Hoéggormr,” not “ Héggormy.” 
