42 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
and the term ‘“ Carrion ”’ is applied to this species from its 
habit of feeding on the flesh of dead animals. Like the 
Raven this species was formerly very generally regarded 
as a bird of ill-omen. In parts of Northamptonshire it is 
believed to be a token of bad luck to see one flying alone. 
The belief that it is unlucky to shoot a crow is widely 
spread : Seebohm met with it on the Petchora, and I found 
it prevalent in eastern Canada regarding the American 
Crow, a species almost. identical with the present. There 
is a Cornish legend of St. Neotus impounding the crows in 
an enclosure during Church service to prevent their depreda- 
tions while the people came to Church (Mitchell, ‘ Paroch. 
Hist. St. Neots,’? 1833); this enclosure is said to be still 
visible. Dyer cites as an Essex saying, in connexion with 
crows flying towards one :— 
One’s unlucky, 
Two’s lucky ; 
Three is health, 
Four is wealth ; 
Five is sickness, 
And six is death. 
It is said when a Crow makes a hoarse, hollow noise it 
presages foul weather (Bourne). The saying “as a crow 
flies’ refers to the Rook, which flies straight across country 
on its homeward journey, and not to this species. 
CaRRION-GULL: The GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 
Carr Laa-Goosre. An old Yorkshire fowler’s name for a variety 
of goose found on the carrs, probably the PINK-FOOTED 
GOOSE. 
Carr-Sparrow: The REED-BUNTING. (Yorkshire.) 
CarR-SwaLLtow. A former name for the BLACK TERN in 
Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, from its frequenting the 
‘““carrs’? or marshes. In east Yorkshire it is applied 
to the BLACK-HEADED GULL. 
CasEeG ERA: The FIELDFARE. (North Wales) lit. “snow 
ball.” 
CasEG y ppryccin. A North Wales name for the MISTLE- 
THRUSH ; lit. “‘Storm-cock.” It has also been applied 
to the FIELDFARE. 
Cas GAN Lonewr (Sailor’s hatred). The Welsh name for the 
STORM-PETREL, signifying the sailors’ dislike to it as a 
portent of storms. Swainson gives the name to the 
BLACK GUILLEMOT, apparently erroneously. 
CASPIAN PLOVER [No. 357]. First recorded as occurring in 
Norfolk by Saunders (‘‘ Manual,” 2nd. ed., p. 537). 
