30 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Boncatu: The COMMON BUZZARD. (North Wales.) Coward 
and Oldham think it is. probably from Boda cath=cat 
hawk, from its mewing cry. 
BonnetiE: The LITTLE GREBE. (Forfar.) 
Bonxtie. A Shetland name for the GREAT SKUA;; said to be 
used also in the Orkneys. 
Boomer: The BITTERN. From its booming cry. 
Boonk : The LITTLE BITTERN. (Montagu.) 
Booty: The MANX SHEARWATER. Mr. R. Godfrey 
informs me it goes under this name on the Hast Coast of 
Shetland. 
BornaGc. A Gaelic name for the RINGED PLOVER. 
BorTte-BsumMe: The BITTERN. (Yorkshire.) 
Borrize-Jue: The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (North and 
East Yorkshire.) From the shape of its nest. 
BortLe-NosE: The PUFFIN. From its peculiarly-shaped bill. 
Willughby records it as so called in South Wales. 
Bortie Tit or Botrte Tom: The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 
(Provincial.) From the shape of its nest. 
Boucer or BowGer: The PUFFIN. Bowger occurs in Martin’s 
“Voy. to St. Kilda”; while Bouger, or Bulker, is the 
Hebrides name. 
BRACKEN Ow: The NIGHTJAR. (Longdendale, Cheshire.) 
Bracket: The TURNSTONE. (South Northumberland.) 
BRAKE-HOPPER or BRAKE LocusTELLE: The GRASSHOPPER- 
WARBLER. From its habit of frequenting thick under- 
wood. 
Brake Nicurincate: The NIGHTINGALE. (Macgillivray.) 
BRAMBLE Cock: The BRAMBLING. (Cheshire.) 
BRAMBLE-FincH: The BRAMBLING. (Yorkshire and _ else- 
where.) 
BRAMBLING [No. 38]. The name appears in Turner (1544) 
as “‘ Bramlyng ” and in Merrett’s list and also Willughby as 
‘“‘ Bramble.or Brambling.” Pennant calls it the Brambling 
or Mountain Finch. Also applied to the young of the 
SNOW-BUNTING. 
Brame: The WHIMBREL. (Kast Suffolk.) 
Bran: The CARRION-CROW. (Cornish.) Mr. Harting also 
applies it to the Rook. 
BRAN or BRAN FAWR: The CARRION-CROW. (North Wales) 
lit. “crow ” or “ great crow.” 
