PROVINCIAL NAMES OF BRITISH ANIMALS. 429 
Yorkshire, West Riding.—The following local names of birds 
are in currency in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and have all 
come under my own personal observation :— 
Kestrel. Stand-hawk. 
Sparrow-hawk. Blue-hawk. 
Missel Thrush. Churcock. 
Yellowhammer. Yoldring. 
Chaffinch. Bulspink. 
Goldfinch. Goldspink. 
Fieldfare. Blue-tail. Linnet. Red Linnet. 
Ring Ouzel. Crag Ouzel. Lesser Redpoll. Chevvy Linnet. 
Hedgesparrow. Dunnock. Twite. Grey Linnet. 
Whinchat. Grasschat. Starling. Shepster. 
Wheatear. Stonechat. Rook. Crow. 
Sedge Warbler. Willow Sparrow. | Magpie. Pianet. 
Whitethroat. Straw-small. Swift. Whip; Devil-bird. 
Wood Wren. Haypbird. Nightjar. Night-hawk. 
Willow Wren. Peggy. Lapwing. Tuit. 
Blue Titmouse. Bluecap. Heron. Heronseugh. 
Ray’s Wagtail. Seedfore. Common Sandpiper. Sand-snipe. 
Meadow Pipit. Moor-tit. Landrail. Grass-drake. 
The Wheatear is invariably called “‘Stonechat.” Whenever the 
nest of the Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, or White- 
throat is alluded to, it is designated “ Straw-small,” in allusion, 
I suppose, to its fimsy structure. The name “ Twite” is frequently 
bestowed upon the Meadow Pipit. Various local names are 
applied to the Linnet. Occasionally a male is met with in the 
breeding-season without the carmine tinge on the breast and fore- 
head, and in a plumage similar to what it bears in winter; these 
are named “ Grey-birds”; sometimes a few are caught at the same 
season with a yellowish hue on the breast—these are called 
“Lemon-birds”; so far as I have had the means of ascertaining, 
they are somewhat larger than the normal size of the red-breasted 
specimens. Both the Rock and Ring Doves are called “ Wild 
Pigeons.”—E. P. P. BuTTERFIELD (Wilsden). 
South Hampshire.— 
Squirrel. Skuggy; Charlie. Sand Lizard. LEvet. 
Bat. Ranny-mouse. Water Newt. Water-evet. 
Badger. Sometimes Brock or Bruck, | Hobby. Van-winged Hawk. 
but generally “ Badger.” Kestrel. Windhover. 
Miller’s-thumb. Noggle-head. 
Loach. Lie-still. 
Stickleback. Male, Firey-lock; fe- 
male, Enemy-chit. 
Hen Harrier. Male, Grey Buzzard. 
Red-backed Shrike. Pope; Butcher- 
bird. 
Spotted Flycatcher. Weall-bird. 
