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by its unrestrained clamour it almost deafens those who 
live near lakes and marshes.” Willughby and Ray (1678) 
eall it ‘‘ our Black cloven-footed Gull ” and give also ‘‘ Scare- 
Crow” as a popular name. “ Black Tern” occurs in 
Pennant (1766). 
BLACK-THROATED DIVER [No. 343]. This species is so 
called from its black chin and throat. The name is first 
used by Edwards, and is also found in Pennant, Latham 
and later writers. In Benbecula and North Uist the 
natives compare its cry in dry weather to “ Deoch! deoch ! 
deoch! tha’n loch a tras-ghadh ”—* drink ! drink! drink ! 
the lake is nearly dried up ” (Gray). 
BLACK-THROATED GROSBEAK. Macgillivray’s name for the 
HAWFINCH. 
BLACK-THROATED TurusH [No. 161]. An Asiatic species in 
which the throat and breast are of a dull black hue. 
BLACK-THROATED Waxwine. Macgillivray’s name for the 
WAXWING. 
BLACK-THROATED WHEATEAR: The BLACK-EARED WHEAT- 
EAR. 
BLACK-THROATED YELLOW-HAMMER. A local name for the 
CIRL BUNTING. 
Buack TurusH: The BLACKBIRD. (Macgillivray.) 
BLACK-TOED GULL: The ARCTIC SKUA. (Pennant.) It is a 
local name for this species in Moray, and Swainson also 
applies it to the GREAT SKUA. 
Buack-Toprrin’ Duck: The TUFTED DUCK. (Yorkshire.) 
BLACK WHEATEAR [No. 174]. A recent addition to the 
British List ; first recorded in 1909. 
Buack WicEon: The female WIGEON. (East Ireland.) 
BLACK-WINGED GutL: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. 
(Yarrell.) 
BLACK-WINGED HornepD OwL: The EAGLE-OWL. 
BLACK-WINGED PRATINCOLE [No. 355]. This is the 
G. melanoptera of Saunders (“ Brit. Birds” [Mag.], vol. 1, 
1, p. 15), hence the name Black-winged. 
BLACK-WINGED STILT [No. 400]. This species was not of 
quite such rare occurrence in former times. It was known 
to the older authors from Pennant (1766) to Donovan as 
“Long-legged Plover.” Occurs in Willughby (1678) under 
the name of Himantopus (ex Pliny and Aldrovandus). 
Black-winged Stilt is found in Selby (1833). The name 
Stilt is ascribed by Newton to Rennie in 1831, as a rendering 
