6 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
American White-winged Crossbill. The name is found in Gould 
and in Yarrell (lst ed.). 
AMERICAN WIGEON [No. 294]. The name seems to occur 
first in Wilson’s ‘“‘ American Ornithology.” It is found in 
Yarrell (Ist ed.), the species having been recorded for 
Britain by Blyth in 1838. 
AMERICAN YELLOW-BILLED Cuckoo. See YELLOW-BILLED 
CUCKOO. 
AmMER or EMMER GoosE: The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 
(Aberdeen and East Lothian.) Ammer appears to be a 
corruption of Immer (q.v.). 
AmzeL or AMSEL. This is another form of Ouzel, and is cognate 
with German Amsel. It appears to be applied to both the 
BLACKBIRD and RING-OUZEL. Montagu gives Amsel 
as a provincial name for the BLACKBIRD. 
Andalucian Hemipode. A south European species recorded on 
two or three occasions (probably introduced birds). The 
name is also written Andalusian. It occurs first as Andalu- 
cian Hemipode in Yarrell (“ Brit. Birds,” Suppl. 1, 1845). 
Latham calls it Andalusian Quail, and Gould Andalusian 
Turnix. 
AnNET: The KITTIWAKE GULL. (Yorkshire). Found in 
Graves’s ‘‘ Cleveland,” 1808; it is a feminine diminutive ; 
also applied in Northumberland to the COMMON GULL, 
according to Swainson. 
ANT-EUN FIORM. A Gaelic name for the HEN-HARRIER. 
APpPLE-BIRD: The CHAFFINCH. (Cornwall.) No doubt akin 
to “‘ Shell-apple.” 
APPLE-SHEALER or APPLE-SHEILER. Northumbrian names for 
the CHAFFINCH. Bolam, who spells it “ shealer,” thinks 
it is from the bird’s habits among the buds of fruit trees ; 
but see “ Shell-Apple.” 
AQUATIC WARBLER [No. 140]. A casual visitor, in habits 
resembling the SEDGE-WARBLER, whence its name. 
ARBOUR-BIRD: The CHIFFCHAFF (?). Perhaps from the 
shape of its nest. 
Arctic Birp or Arctic Gutt: The ARCTIC SKUA. 
Arctic JAGER: The LONG-TAILED SKUA. (Eyton.) 
Arctic Purrin: The PUFFIN. 
Arctic Skua [No. 441]. Commonly known as Richardson’s 
Skua—a rather more appropriate name, as the name Arctic 
Skua is sometimes applied to the LONG-TAILED SKUA ; 
both are Aretic species. Skua is from the note which 
