16 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
BENLOYN-FWyAF (Y). A Welsh name for the GREAT TIT- 
MOUSE; the Benloyn (=blackhead) becomes Penloyn in 
North Wales. 
BENLOYN-GYNFFONHIR (Y). A Welsh name for the LONG- 
TAILED TITMOUSE; iit. ‘“long-tailed blackhead.” 
BENLoYN-LYGLIW (Y). A Welsh name for the COAL-TIT- 
MOUSE. 
Bent Linnet. The LINNET. (Spurn, Yorks.) 
BERGANDER or BERGANSER: The SHELD-DUCK. The name 
Bergander occurs in Willughby (See BARGANDER). 
BERNACLE GOOSE or BERNICLE GoosE: The BARNACLE- 
GOOSE (q.v.). Alternative spellings. Pennant says the 
BRENT GOOSE is also called Bernacle in Ireland. 
BERRY BREAKER. A Hampshire name for the HAWFINCH. 
Bertuuan. A Cornish name for the Screech Owl (BARN- 
OWL 2). 
BEssy re The REED-BUNTING. (Provincial). 
Brssy or Brssre Buaketing: The YELLOW BUNTING. 
(Westmorland, Yorkshire.) 
Bessy Brantaiw or Katre Brantar.: The REDSTART. 
(Shropshire. ) 
Bessy Buntina: The YELLOW BUNTING. (Provincial.) 
Brssy DovuckEerR or Bessy DuckEeR: The DIPPER. (West- 
morland and other northern counties.) From its habit of 
ducking on entering the water. Also the PIED WAG- 
TAIL (Huddersfield). 
Betry Tit: The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) 
BEWICK’S SWAN [No. 272]. The characteristics of this 
species were first pointed out by Yarrell (“‘ Trans. Linn. 
Soc.,” xvi, 2, p. 453, 1830), and it occurs under this name 
in all subsequently published works. 
BIDNEWIN, BrpuEN. Cornish names for a hawk. 
Bia Buack-anp-Wurte Duck: The VELVET SCOTER. 
(Yorkshire.) 
Bie Bunting: The CORN-BUNTING. (Yorkshire.) 
Bie Fett: The FIELDFARE. (Ireland.) 
Bie Hawk: The PEREGRINE FALCON. (Provincial.) 
BigHEAD: The GREENFINCH (Beverley, Yorks); also 
COMMON FOCHARD (Hull). 
Bia Mavis: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (East Lothian.) 
Bie Ox-tyeE: The GREAT TITMOUSE. (East Scotland.) 
