28 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Biure Meruin: The SPARROW-HAWK. (Perth.) 
Buvue Morr, Biur Tuer, Buvue Trr, Buur Tomtir, Bue Tor, 
BLuE Ox-EyE, BLuE Wuavp, or Buur Yaup. Provincial 
names in various localities for the BLUE TITMOUSE. 
Buivue-NEs (—Bive-Brt). A Northumberland gunner’s name 
for several species of ducks, ie. SCAUP-DUCK, WIGEON, 
TUFTED DUCK, etc. 
Buvue-Picgron : The FIELDFARE. (Ireland.) 
BiLuE Poker: The COMMON POCHARD. (Provincial.) 
Buvue Rock: The STOCK-DOVE. (Cheshire and Yorkshire) ; 
the ROCK-DOVE (Yorkshire.) 
Blue-tailed Bee-eater. An Oriental species said to have been 
shot at Teesmouth in 1862. 
BLUE-THROATED REDSTART, BLUE-THROATED ROBIN, or BLUE- 
THROATED WaRBLER: The NORWEGIAN  BLUE- 
THROAT (commonly known as the Red-spotted Blue- 
throat). The first name occurs in Edwards (plate 28), 
the second in Bewick, and the third in Yarrell. 
BLUE TITMOUSE [No. 89, Continental Blue Titmouse ; 
No. 90, British Blue Titmouse]. So called from the pre- 
vailing blue colour of the upper-parts. The name occurs in 
Willughby (1678). Turner mentions the species, but calls 
it the Nun, a name derived from its hooded appearance. 
Titmouse appears for the members of this genus in most 
old authors, but Yarrell in his first edition shortened the 
names of these birds to Tit, and has been followed in this 
by many later writers. 
BLUE-WINGED JAy. Macgillivray’s name for the JAY. Blue- 
wing is a Yorkshire provincial name. 
BLUE-WINGED SHOVEL-BILL: The SHOVELER (Macgillivray). 
BLUE-WINGED SHOVELER or BLUE-WINGED Stint: The 
SHOVELER. Montagu gives the first as a provincial 
name. 
BLuE-WINGED TEAL. See AMERICAN BLUE-WINGED 
TEAL. 
BiuE WooppPEcKER: The NUTHATCH. (Provincial.) 
Biuty: The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Yorkshire.) 
BLYTH’S REED-WARBLER [No. 138]. An Asiatic species 
so called in honour of Blyth, who named it in 1849. 
Boatswain. A general name for the Skuas. In the Shetlands 
and north Scotland it is used for the species now called 
ARCTIC SKUA, while Bo’sun is applied at Flamborough 
to the GREAT SKUA. 
