50 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Coat and‘ CaNDLE-LIGHT: The LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
(Orkneys.) Also CoL-CANDLE-wIck (Fife). 
Coat GoosE: The CORMORANT. (Kent.) 
CoaL Hoop, Coat HoopEn, or CoatLy Hoop: The BULL 
FINCH. Scottish provincial names, the first two being 
in use on the Scottish Border. 
CoaLMousE or CoLEMOUSE: The COAL-TITMOUSE. The 
former occurs in Merrett and the latter in Pennant and 
later authors. 
Coat Tit: The COAL-TITMOUSE. A common abbreviation. 
COAL TITMOUSE [No. 91, Continental Coal-Titmouse; No. 
92, British Coal-Titmouse; No. 93, Irish Coal-Titmouse]. 
Occurs in Merrett’s list (1667) as Coalmouse, and in many 
later writers as Colemouse. Cole Titmouse is found in 
Bewick (1797). The birds occurring in the British Islands 
are now separated into three geographical races. 
CoaLy Hoop: The COAL-TITMOUSE. (Scotland.) Also the 
REED-BUNTING. (Scotland.) 
CoatHAaM Crow: The HOODED CROW. (Loftus, Yorkshire.) 
Cos: Properly the BLACK-HEADED GULL; but also any 
large Gull. (Newton.) Montagu applied it to the GREAT 
BLACK-BACKED GULL, while Bolam gives Cob Gull 
as a Northumberland name for the same species. 
Cos: The male of the MUTE SWAN ; the female being termed 
Pen. Newton was in error in supposing no authority could 
be found for Yarrell’s statement that these were the former 
names for the sexes of the Swans. In that curious old 
work entitled, “The Order, Lawes and Ancient Customes 
of the Swannes, caused to be printed by John Witherings, 
Esquire, Master and Governour of the Royal Game of 
Swans and Cygnets throughout England ’’ (1632), are to 
be found these names for the sexes. 
Cops or SEA Copp: The COMMON GULL. (South-east 
coasts. ) 
CopBLE. A provincial name for the young of both the GREAT 
NORTHERN and RED-THROATED DIVERS. Occurs 
in Montagu. 
CoBBLER’s AwL: The AVOCET (vide “ Awl-Bird.”) Montagu 
gives it as a provincial name. 
CosBLeE: The HAWFINCH. (Norfolk—Sir Thomas Browne.) 
CoBLYN LLEIAF: The LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
(North Wales) lit. “‘ lesser pecker.” 
