10 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER [No. 380]. A North American 
species named by Coues in honour of Spencer F. Baird, 
the well-known American ornithologist. 
Baxter. A Shetland name for the BLACK-HEADED GULL. 
BALBUSHARD: The MARSH-HARRIER. Occurs in Turner 
(1544) and is an equivalent of Bald Buzzard. In Aldro- 
vandus and Gesner it is applied to the Osprey. 
Bautp Buzzarp. Properly the MARSH-HARRIER (from its 
whitish cap) but also applied to the OSPREY. Willughby 
(1678) appears to have confused the MARSH-HARRIER 
and OSPREY together in his account (p. 69) of this bird, 
and he confuses the Sea-Eagle and OSPREY also. Other 
authors of his day in like manner confused the OSPREY 
with the WHITE-TAILED or Sea-EAGLE. Merrett 
mentions the ‘“‘Bald Buzzard or Kite.” Montagu gives 
the name to the OSPREY, while Swainson gives it as 
an Essex name for the MARSH-HARRIER. 
Batp Coot: The COOT (Albin and Macgillivray). Montagu 
gives it as a provincial name, and it occurs in Rutty’s 
“Nat. Hist. of Dublin.” Swainson gives Bald Duck or 
Bald Coot as a Somerset name, and Nelson and Clarke 
give Bald Coot and Baldheaded Coot as Yorkshire names. 
In Scotland it becomes Bell (q.v.) 
Bap GoosE: The WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. (Scotland.) 
Batp Krre: The COMMON BUZZARD. (Provincial.) 
Batp Pate: The WIGEON. (Provincial.) 
BanksuGc, Bantysuc, or BANK-BoTrTLE. Local names for 
the CHIFFCHAFF and the WILLOW-WARBLER, on 
account of the shape of the nest. 
Bank Lark: The TREE-PIPIT .and MEADOW-PIPIT. 
(Yorkshire—Cleveland.) 
Bank Martin, BANK MarTNET, or BANK SwALLow: TheSAND- 
MARTIN. The name Bank Martnet occurs in Turner 
(1544) and in Merrett, while Bank Martin or Swallow is 
still in use provincially. It arises from the bird’s habit 
of excavating its nest in sandstone banks or cuttings. 
Bank Sparrow: The WHINCHAT. (Provincial.) 
BanK Wren: The WILLOW - WARBLER. (Yorkshire— 
South Holderness). 
Barrator. Willughby records this as a Jersey and Guernsey 
name for the PUFFIN. 
