38 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Buttrerrurr: The AVOCET. Montagu gives it as a provincial 
name. 
Butrertzr. A Holy Island name for the SAND-MARTIN ; 
perhaps corrupted from Bitterie (q.v.). 
Butrour: The BITTERN. (Turner.) 
BuzzarpD : The COMMON BUZZARD. Swainson gives Buzzard- 
Hawk as a Forfar name for the species. The name Buzzard 
is also sometimes applied to the MARSH-HARRIER. 
Bwmpe y Gors. A Welsh name for the BITTERN ; lit. “ Boom 
of the Marsh.” 
CACKAREEN: The KITTIWAKE GULL. 
Cap Crow: The CARRION-CROW. (Kast Riding, Yorkshire.) 
CappDAW, CADDER, Cappy, CARDER, CawpAw. Fast Anglian 
names for the JACKDAW; Turner (1544) has Caddo. 
CAILCHEAG-CHEAN-DUBH. A Gaelic name for the COAL- 
TITMOUSE. 
CAILLEACH-OIDHCHE. A Gaelic name for the TAWNY OWL; 
lit. “‘ old woman of the night.” 
CAILLEACH-OIDHCHE GHEAL. A Gaelic name for the BARN- 
OWL; iit. ““ white old woman of the night.” 
Calandra Lark. A south European species which has been 
supposed to have occurred in the British Isles. Calandra 
(written Calander by Newton) is from Ital. Calandra=Lat. 
caliendrum, a head-dress or ornament of hair. It occurs 
in Chaucer (‘‘ Romaunt of the Rose”’) as “‘ Chalaundre” and 
‘“‘Chelaundre.”” Edwards (‘ Gleanings of Nat. Hist.,”’ pl. 268) 
figured it in error as belonging to Carolina. Willughby 
(1678) mentions the ‘Calandra, which perchance is no 
other than the Bunting.” This species being common 
as a cage bird, it is quite likely that the British birds were 
“* escapes.” 
Catny Trr: The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) 
Catitoo : The LONG-TAILED DUCK. (Orkney and Shetlands.) 
From its cry. Swainson also gives Calaw as a variant for 
the same localities. Hett gives Calloo as a name for the 
CURLEW. 
CALMAN-CHOILLE. The Gaelic name for the RING-DOVE ; 
lit. ‘‘ wood pigeon.” . 
CALMAN-FIADHAICH. The Gaelic name for the ROCK-DOVE. 
CaMBRIDGE Gopwit: The SPOTTED REDSHANK. (Bewick.) 
Canada Goose. A North American species, which has been 
domesticated in this country for more than two centuries, 
