52 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
CoESWERDD: The GREENSHANK. (North Wales) _ lit. 
“* Greenshank.” 
Coc. A Welsh name for the CUCKOO ; from its ery. 
CoImILEACH COoILLE. A Gaelic name for the WOODCOCK ; lit. 
cock of the wood. Macgillivray gives it as a name for the 
CAPERCAILLIE. 
CoILEACH DUBH. A Gaelic name for the BLACK GROUSE ; 
lit. “‘ black cock ; ”’ the Grey Hen is called Ceare liath. 
CorLEACH FRAOICH. A Gaelic name for the RED GROUSE, 
lit. Heather Cock; the female being called Ceare fraoich, 
or Heather Hen. 
CoILEACH RUADH. A Gaelic name for the RED GROUSE: 
ruadh signifying red or reddish. 
CoisTtREL: The KESTREL. (Shakespeare.) From Fr. 
cresserelle, cristel. 
Corr. A Cornish name for the GREEN WOODPECKER. 
CotprincH : The PIED FLYCATCHER. The name occurs in 
Willughby, who describes a “bird called Coldfinch by 
the Germans.” It is figured by Pennant (1766) under 
this name and by Edwards; Swainson also renders it 
Colefinch, and gives Coldfinch as a Shropshire name for 
the YELLOW BUNTING. 
Cotp1zE: The LONG-TAILED DUCK. (Forfar.) 
CoLE-GoosE: The CORMORANT. 
Cote-MousE: The COAL-TITMOUSE. Occurs in Willughby. 
Also met with as Cole Titmouse. 
Cotin BLacKHEAD: The REED-BUNTING. (Renfrew.) 
CoLIsHEEN: The PUFFIN. (Galway) lit. “an old woman.” 
Cotk : The COMMON EIDER. Occurs in Martin’s ‘‘ Description 
of the Western Isles.” 
CoLLARED BLACKIE: The RING-OUZEL. (Staithes, Yorkshire.) 
CotntarED Duck: The RUDDY SHELD-DUCK. 
COLLARED FLYCATCHER [No. 117]. This Continental 
species was recorded as British for the first time in 1911. 
COLLARED PETREL [No. 332]. A Pacific species of which 
one example was obtained in Wales in 1889. 
CoLLARED PRATINCOLE: The PRATINCOLE. (Selby, Yarrell, 
etc.) 
COLLARED STARE: The ALPINE ACCENTOR. 
