24 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
this species at Beverley, Yorks., and Black Poker Duck for 
the SCAUP DUCK on the Humber. 
BLACK REDSTART [No. 179]. The name is found in Gould’s 
“Birds of Europe,” vor (1834). This species has more 
black and slate in its plumage than the commoner species, 
hence its first name. For derivation of the word Redstart, 
see under REDSTART. 
Buack Reptait: The BLACK REDSTART. (Jenyns.} 
Buack SANDPIPER: The immature KNOT (provincial); also 
the immature PURPLE SANDPIPER (Pennant). 
Buack Scavup: The SCAUP-DUCK. (Humber.) 
Buack Scorer : The COMMON SCOTER is so called by Selby, 
Fleming, Jenyns and others. 
Biack SHEARWATER: The SOOTY SHEARWATER. (Flam- 
borough.) 
BuacksmitH : The YELLOW BUNTING. (Salop.) 
Buakstart: The BLACK REDSTART. An erroneous name, 
as it signifies “ Black tail” (see Redstart), while the tail 
happens to be red. 
BLACK-STEER : The STARLING (Upton-on-Severn, Worcester- 
shire) ; also called Black Starling in East Lothian. 
BLACK STORK [No. 257]. The name first appears in Willughby 
(1678), who calls it Black Stork to distinguish it from the 
Common or White Stork, but it seems to be first recorded 
for our Islands by Colonel Montagu in 1815 in a communica- 
tion to the Linnean Society. 
Buack Swirt: Macgillivray’s name for the SWIFT. 
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT [No. 403]. The name is found in 
Fleming (1828). It is called Red Godwit by Edwards, 
Pennant, Latham, etc. Now only a visitor on migration, 
but it used to breed with us up to the year 1847. Dis- 
tinguished from the Bar-tailed Godwit by its tail being 
black instead of dusky grey with the base white only. It is 
described by Willughby (1678), who calls it “the second 
sort of Godwit.” 
BLACK TERN [No. 412]. A species of Tern which is now only 
a migrational visitor, although it used to breed in East 
Anglia up to the year 1858. The plumage is really of a 
sooty slate-grey, the head only being black. This species 
is mentioned by Turner (1544) who calls it “Stern” and 
bears witness to its abundance in England in his time, 
stating that “throughout the whole of summer, at which 
time it breeds, it makes such an unconscionable noise that 
