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CoLLARED TURNSTONE: The TURNSTONE. 
CoLLierR, or CoLLIERJACK: The CURLEW. (Cheshire.) Collier 
is also applied to the HOUSE-SPARROW and the SWIFT 
in Yorkshire. 
CoLLocHaN GuLL: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Kirkcud- 
bright.) From a loch so called. 
CotomMEN. The Welsh name for the wild pigeons. In North 
Wales the RING-DOVE is called Colomen wyllt (wild 
pigeon) or Colomen goed (wood pigeon); the STOCK-DOVE 
Colomen ddof (tame pigeon); the ROCK-DOVE Colomen 
y graig (rock pigeon); and the TURTLE-DOVE Colomen 
fair (St. Mary’s dove.) 
Cotty: The BLACKBIRD. (Provincial.) Der. from A.Sax. 
col=coal, and meaning literally, “ sooty ” or “‘ coal-like.” 
Cotmorn : The CORMORANT;; also the SHAG (Hett). 
Common Auk: The RAZORBILL. 
Common Avocet. See AVOCET. 
Common BEE-EATER. See BEE-EATER. 
Common Birrern. See BITTERN. 
Common Brown or Ivy OwL: The TAWNY OWL. = (Willughby. 
Common Buuirincw. See BULLFINCH. 
Common Bunting: The CORN-BUNTING. 
Common Bustarp: The GREAT BUSTARD. 
COMMON BUZZARD [No. 243]. The name Common Buzzard 
occurs in Willughby (1678). Turner (1544) and Merrett 
(1667) call it the Buzzard only, as do succeeding writers 
to the time of Pennant (1766), who calls it the Common 
Buzzard. The derivation is from Lat. Buteo, through 
Fr. Busard. 
Common Coot: The COOT. Occurs in most of the old authors 
from Willughby to Montagu. 
Common Cormorant: The CORMORANT. (Yarrell.) 
Common Crane. See CRANE. 
Common CreEEereR. A former appellation for the TREE- 
CREEPER, to be found in most of the older authors from 
Albin to Montagu. 
COMMON CROSSBILL [No. 33, Common Crossbill; No. 
34, Scottish Crossbill.] Occurs in Willughby (1678) 
as Cross-bill, and as Crossbill in most succeeding 
authors. The first full account of the habits of feeding of 
this bird is given by Yarrell (‘ Zool. Journ.,” tv, pp. 459-65). 
The legend of this bird having acquired its twisted beak by 
