36 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
BULL-HEADED WicEon: The COMMON POCHARD. (North 
Treland.) 
Buti Linnet: The LESSER -REDPOLL. 
BuLiock’s Petre, : LEACH’S FORK-TAILED PETREL; so 
called from the type-specimen having been in Bullock’s 
collection. 
Butt or THE Boc: The COMMON BITTERN. (Roxburgh- 
shire.) From its: “booming”’ cry. 
BuLw’s-EYE or BULL’s-EYED PLovER: The DUNLIN;; also 
the RINGED PLOVER (see also under Bullhead). The 
name is probably from their prominent dark eyes. 
Butt Spink: The BULLFINCH. Occurs in Merrett (1667) 
as “ Bul Spink.” The names Bullspink and Bully are also 
applied in Yorkshire to this species, and the latter (Bully) 
locally in North Yorkshire to the CHAFFINCH. 
Butt THrusH: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Hants.) So called 
from its large size and stout shape. 
Butty or BuititreE: The BULLFINCH. An abbreviation of 
Bullfinch. 
BULWER’S PETREL [No. 333]. The name appears to be 
first published in Jardine and Selby’s “Illus. Orn.” 
(11, pl. 65, 1829). 
BUMBARREL: The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Notts.) 
BumsiteE: The BITTERN. (Provincial.) 
Bumpy-coss. Montagu gives this as a provincial name for the 
BITTERN; another and more correct form is Bumpy 
cors, the derivation being from the Welsh name Bwmp y 
gors, lit. ‘‘ Boom of the Marsh.” 
BUN-BHUACHAILLE. A Gaelic name for the GREAT NORTHERN 
DIVER. (West Isles of Scotland) lit. “‘ herdsman of the 
bottom ” (Graham). 
Bunpiz. An Orkney name for the DUNLIN, and also the 
COMMON SANDPIPER. 
Bunter: The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Provincial.) 
Buntinc: The CORN-BUNTING. An earlier name for the 
species. 
Buntine Crow :. The HOODED CROW. (Montagu.) Swain- 
son says it is an Irish name for the species. 
Bunting Lark: The CORN-BUNTING. Occurs in Montagu 
as a provincial name; Buntrne or Buntuinc Lark is 
also given by Swainson as a Scottish name for the species, 
the name having its origin in the fact that in appearance 
this bird somewhat resembles a lark. 
