60 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
CORN-BUNTING [No. 42]. This species is also commonly 
known as the Common Bunting—rather a misnomer, as in 
many localities it isnot “common.” Itis called “ Bunting ” 
simply by the older writers from Willughby to Donovan, 
Montagu (1802) being the first to name it Common Bunting. 
The word Bunting (Old Eng. “ buntyle,” Scots ‘ buntlin ”’) 
is of uncertain origin. Skeat suggests a connexion with 
bunten=to butt; he also cites Scottish buntin—short and 
thick or plump, which Newton, however, thinks likely to 
have been derived from the bird. Graham (“‘ Birds of 
Jona and Mull’’) has suggested Scots bunt=gay, lively, or 
brisk. 
CorNncRAKE. An alternative name for the LAND-RAIL. Rutty 
spells it ‘‘ Corn-Creek,” while it becomes Corn-drake in 
North Yorkshire, Corn-rake at Hawes, Yorkshire, and 
Corn-scrack in Aberdeen. 
Corn GoosE: The BEAN-GOOSE. From its partiality to 
orain. 
CORNICYLL, CORNICYLL y Gors, CORNICYLL Y WAEN, CORN Y 
WICH, or CoRNOR Y GWENNYDD. Welsh names for the 
LAPWING ; Cornicyll—Plover. 
CoRNICYLL CADWYNOG, CwTyN MODEWyOG: The RINGED 
PLOVER. (North Wales.) Both names signify * ringed 
plover.” 
CoRNICYLL LLWyD: The GREY PLOVER. (North Wales.) 
CornisH CHoucH : The CHOUGH. Occurs in Turner (1544) as 
‘““ Cornish Choghe,” and in Merrett, Willughby and Pennant 
as ‘Cornish Chough.” ‘The prefix Cornish was formerly 
necessary on account of the name Chough being also applied 
not infrequently to the JACKDAW, which is so called by 
Turner and by Merrett. 
CornisH Daw: The CHOUGH (Montagu and Rutty) ; ‘also 
occurs as Cornish Jack. 
CorNnIsH GANNET: The GREAT SKUA. (Willughby.) 
CornisH PHEASANT: The MAGPIE. (Cornwall.) 
CoRNWALL KaE: The CHOUGH. (Sibbald.) 
CoRNWILLEN: The LAPWING. (Cornwall.) 
Corny Kerevor: The MISTLE-THRUSH. So called about 
Belfast (Thompson). 
CorRRA RIATHACH. A Gaelic name for the COMMON HERON. 
Corns Hwyap. A Welsh name for the MALLARD; lit. “marsh 
duck.” 
