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BLACK-HEADED SNIPE: The SPOTTED REDSHANK. (Pro- 
vincial.) 
BLACK-HEADED THISTLEFINCH. Macgillivray’s name for the 
SISKIN. 
BLACK-HEADED TomTit or TirmousE: The GREAT TIT- 
MOUSE; also the MARSH-TITMOUSE (Macgillivray). 
BLACK-HEADED WAGTAIL [No. 78]. A south-east Euro- 
pean form of Yellow Wagtail. 
BLACK-HEADED WicEon: The SCAUP-DUCK. (Provincial.) 
Buack Isis: The GLOSSY IBIS. Occurs in Willughby. 
BiackiE: The BLACKBIRD. (Northumberland, Yorkshire.) 
BLACK KITE [No. 251]. The name is found in Sibbald, and 
in most modern authors. 
BLACK LARK [No. 58]. A West Siberian species first 
recorded in 1907 for our islands. 
Brack MarsH-TERN. Macgillivray’s name for the BLACK 
TERN. 
Buack Martin, MartLet, SwaLitow, or Swirt: The SWIFT. 
Occurs in Merrett (1667) as ‘‘ Black Martin or Martlet,” 
and in Willughby (1678) as ‘‘ Black Martin or Swift.” As 
a provincial name it is still in use locally. According to 
Bolam the MARTIN is also so called ‘‘at Wooler, and 
perhaps in other places, though [the name is] apparently 
dying out.” 
Biack Neg or BLACK-NEBBED Crow: The CARRION-CROW. 
(North Country.) The latter form occurs in Bewick (1797) ; 
so called from its black bill. Nelson and Clarke give “‘ Black 
Neb ” for the HOODED CROW and ‘“‘ Black-nebbed Crow ” 
for the CARRION-CROW in Yorkshire. 
BLACK-NECKED GREBE [No. 339]. This is the Eared Grebe 
of Pennant and succeeding writers. 
Brack Noppy : The Noddy Tern. (Jenyns.) 
Buack OvuzeL: The BLACKBIRD. (Craven and Cleveland, 
Yorkshire.) Occurs in Turner as “ Blak Osel.” 
Biack Ox-byE: The COAL-TITMOUSE. (Forfar.) 
Buack PHEASANT. An ironical Cleveland name for the 
CARRION-CROW. (Nelson and Clarke.) 
Buack Prover: The LAPWING. (Provincial.) 
Buack PoKER or BLACK-HEADED PoKkER: The TUFTED 
DUCK. The former is a Norfolk name, “poker” being 
a common term for species of wild duck in East Anglia. 
Nelson and Clarke give “Black Pocker” (Poker ?) for 
