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It is really a rather silent bird. The Chatterers are pro- . 
perly the Cotingide. 
CHATTERPIE: The MAGPIE. (Staffs. and Norfolk.) It is 
proverbially a noisy bird. 
CHAvK or CHAUK Daw: The CHOUGH. (Scotland.) From its 
cry. 
CHeat: The GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. (Upton-on- 
Severn.) 
CHEEPER, GREY CHEEPER, or Moss CHEEPER. Common Border 
names for the MEADOW-PIPIT. 
CHEESER : The YELLOW BUNTING. (Northants.) From the 
drawn-out termination of its song. 
CHEETER: The RED-BACKED SHRIKE. (Provincial.) 
CurepsteR: The STARLING. A modification of Shepster 
(=Sheep-stare). Chep-Starling is found in Tunstall, while 
Ship-Starling and Sheep-Starling are Yorkshire provincial 
names. 
CHEQUER Birp: The WHIMBREL. 
CuEercock: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Westmorland.) Pro- 
bably a corruption of Shercock. ‘‘Chureock” is also 
applied to the same species in Yorkshire. 
CHERRY CHIRPER: The SNOW-BUNTING (?). (Rutty.) 
CHERRY CHOPPER, CHERRY SUCKER, CHERRY SNIPE: The 
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (Provincial.) Whether this 
species is ever destructive to cherries is very doubtful, 
although it has been known to eat berries, such as those 
of the mountain ash. 
CHERRY Finch: The HAWFINCH. (Swaledale, Yorkshire.) 
From its fondness for cherry-stones. 
CuERuBIM: The BARN-OWL. 
CHESTNUT-BACKED TurusH: The FIELDFARE. (Macgillivray.) 
CHEVEREL or CuEvin. A bird-fancier’s term for a variety of 
the GOLDFINCH having a red patch on the throat. Skeat, 
as cited by Newton, thought it to be from Old Eng. chefle, 
or chefelen, to talk idly or chatter, hence “ cheveller,” a 
chatterer. Nelson and Clarke give the name as in use in 
Yorkshire, and make it synonymous with the so-called 
“* Pear-tree Goldfinch.” 
CHEvvy Linnet or Cuatvey Linnet: The LESSER RED- 
POLL. (Yorkshire.) 
CHICKELL or CHICKER: The WHEATEAR. 
CuickstonE: The STONECHAT. (Cleveland, Yorkshire.) In the 
same district “ Chetstone ” is applied to the WHEATEAR. 
