BENLOYN-FWYAF—BITING TOM Ve 
Bie Preeay, or Bia Pracy WariretHroat: The WHITE- 
THROAT. (Nidderdale.) 
Bia THrostte: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Provincial.) Occurs 
in Wi!lughby ; also still a north country provincial name. 
Bie Tir: The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Notts.) 
Brucock : The OYSTERCATCHER. (Criccieth, North Wales) 
lit. “red bill.” 
Brztcock: The WATER-RAIL. (Yorkshire.) Apparently so 
called from its colour, biJ being possibly akin to the north 
country blae (Icel. blar, Dan. blaa) signifying livid or dark 
blue. Swainson also gives Bilcock or Bilter as a north 
country name for the MOORHEN. 
Bui: The PUFFIN. (Galway.) From its bill being a pro- 
minent feature. 
Bitty, or Bruty HepGE-Sparrow : The HEDGE-SPARROW. 
(Doneaster.) 
Bruy-BiTtER: The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) Pro- 
bably from its habit of pecking at the fingers of intruders 
when sitting on its eggs, but Newton thinks it is a corruption 
of ‘‘ Willow-biter.”” Nelson and Clarke also give it as a 
Yorkshire name for the GREAT TITMOUSE. 
Bry Owi: The BARN-OWL. Swainson also gives BILLy 
Hooter as a Shropshire name for the TAWNY OWL, but 
this is perhaps a corruption of Gilly Hooter. 
Bruty WHitTeTHROoAT: The GARDEN-WARBLER. — (East 
Lothian.) 
Brtty Wix: The BARN-OWL. (Norfolk.) 
Bimaculated Duck. A bird described by Pennant (“ Brit. 
Zool.,” 1, No. 287) as a separate species, but by later 
authors considered to be a hybrid bird. Pennant stated 
that his example was taken in a decoy in 1771, while Vigors 
claimed to have had a pair sent up from a decoy near 
Maldon, Essex, in the winter of 1812-13. It retained for 
nearly a century its place in the British List. 
Brnc (Y): The CHAFFINCH. (North Wales.) From its 
note. 
Bircu-Hen. The female of the BLACK GROUSE. 
Brrei-BirD : The GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. (Provincial.) 
From its curious song. 
Bistarp: The GREAT BUSTARD. (Gesner.) 
Bitinc Tom or Brrrer Tom. A local name for the BLUE 
TITMOUSE among boys, from its habit when sitting on 
its eggs of pecking at their fingers. 
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