56 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Common Kirt. See KITE. 
Common Lapwine. See LAPWING. 
Common Lark: The SKY-LARK. Macgillivray gives it as a 
provincial name. 
Common Linnet. See LINNET. 
Common Macrie. See MAGPIE. 
Common Nutuatcu. See NUTHATCH. 
COMMON PARTRIDGE [No. 467]. The name first appears 
as ‘“‘Common Partridge” in Willughby (1678). Turner 
(1544) calls it the ‘‘ Pertrige,”’ while Merrett (1667) has 
‘“* Partridge.” It appears variously as Partridge or Common 
Partridge in subsequent authors. 
Common PuHEasant. See PHEASANT. 
Common Picton: The STOCK-DOVE. (Pennant.) 
COMMON POCHARD [No. 298]. The name occurs as Pochard 
in Turner and also in Willughby and Ray, the latter authors 
calling it “Poker or Pochard.” Pronounced Po-chard, 
the o long and the ch hard. Akin to Fr. pocher, Low Ger. 
poken, to poke. Littre gives pochard as Fr. for a drunkard. 
“Poker ” occurs in Willughby. The female is known as 
“ Dunbird.” 
Common Prarmican. See PTARMIGAN. 
Common Quait: The QUAIL. (Selby.) 
Common Rat: The WATER-RAIL. (Selby.) 
Common REpDPoLE: The LESSER REDPOLL. 
Common RepsHANK TaTLER. Macgillivray’s name for the 
REDSHANK. 
Common SAanpERLING. The SANDERLING. 
COMMON SANDPIPER [No. 387]. The name is found in 
Pennant (1766) as Sandpiper, and in the later editions as 
Common Sandpiper. According to Willughby, Sandpiper 
was originally a Yorkshire local name. 
COMMON SCOTER [No. 309]. The name appears in Pennant 
(1766) as Scoter. Common Scoter seems to appear first 
in Yarrell (1843). The word Scoter is of doubtful origin. 
Willughby (1678) calls it ‘‘ Black Diver.” 
Common ScraBer: The BLACK GUILLEMOT. 
ComMOoN SrA-Matu, Maw or Mew: The COMMON GULL. The 
first name occurs in Willughby. 
ComMMON SHELLDRAKE: The SHELD-DUCK. (Yarrell.) 
CoMMON SHOVELER. See SHOVELER. 
Common Sxvua: The GREAT SKUA. (Yarrell.) 
