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COMMON SNIPE [No. 409]. The name occurs in Merrett’s 
list (1667) as “‘ Snipe or Snite,”’ also in the same words in 
Willughby. Turner does not mention any species of Snipe. 
Derived from A.Sax. Snite, Ice. snipa, Dan. sneppe, a 
snipe; properly a “‘Snapper”’ from Old Dan. snabbe, a bird’s 
bill, which is also the derivation of the English “ snap.” 
Inwards says that the ‘‘drumming ”’ of the Snipe in the air 
and the call of the Partridge indicate dry weather and 
frost at night to the shepherds of Garrow in Scotland. 
Common Stare: The STARLING. 
Common Starting: The STARLING. (Yarrell.) 
Common SwatLtow: The SWALLOW. (Willughby.) 
Common Swirt: The SWIFT. (Selby.) 
Common TEAL: See TEAL. 
COMMON TERN [No. 419]. This is the Sea-Swallow of old 
authors. Pennant (1766) calls it the ‘‘ Greater Tern,” and 
in his later editions Common or Greater Tern ; and succeed- 
ing authors allcallitCommon Tern. Willughby and Ray call 
it the Sea-Swallow and state that “‘ In the island of Caldey, 
adjacent to the southern shore of Wales, they call them 
Spurres: and that little Islet where they build Spurre 
Island. In other places of England they are called Scrays, 
a name, I conceive, framed in imitation of their ery, for 
they are extraordinarily clamorous. In the northern parts 
they call them Terns, whence Turner calls them in Latin 
Sterne, because they frequent lakes and great pools of 
water, which in the north of England are called Tarns.” 
In Norweg. Taerne ; Sw. Tarna ; Dutch, Stern; Dan. Terne. 
Common TuickNEE: The STONE-CURLEW. (Fleming.) 
Common TurRusH: The SONG-THRUSH. . Occurs in 
Macgillivray. 
Common Titmouse: The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Merrett.) 
Common Turnstonr. See TURNSTONE. 
Common WuaitretHroat. See WHITETHROAT. 
Common WicEon. See WIGEON. 
Common Witp Dove or Picton: The ROCK-DOVE. 
(Willughby.) 
Common Witp GoosE: The GREY LAG-GOOSE. (Willughby.) 
Common WrREN. See WREN. 
Common Wryneck. See WRYNECK. 
Conry-cuuck. The WHEATEAR ; locally so called on account 
of its frequenting rabbit burrows, and from its note. 
