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CorsHwyAD ppv: The COOT. (North Wales) lit. “biack 
marsh-duck.”’ 
CORSICAN WOODCHAT SHRIKE [No. 110]. A Mediter- 
ranean form, recorded once for the British Isles. 
Corvorant: The CORMORANT. Appears to have first been 
so spelled by Pennant (1766), the succeeding writers up to 
Montagu adopting the same spelling. 
Cotton Hear: The CORMORANT and SHAG. (Hett.) 
COUES’S REDPOLL [No. 25]. A Circumpolar ally of 
HORNEMANN’S REDPOLL, named in honour of Dr. 
Coues, the well-known American ornithologist 
CouLTERNEB: The PUFFIN. (Northumberland) Willughby 
records it as so called at the Farn Islands It is so 
termed from the likeness of its bil] (or ‘‘neb’’) to the 
coulter of a plough. Bolam says in Northumberland it is 
also applied to the RAZORBILL. 
CouRLAND SnipE: The SPOTTED REDSHANK. 
CousHot and Cowscot: The RING-DOVE. See Cushat. 
Covik or Covey Duck : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Northumberland.) 
Cow-BirD, Cow KLOOT, or Cow kuit : The YELLOW WAGTAIL. 
From its habit of frequenting grazing-meadows for insects. 
Cowpoy: The RING-OUZEL. (Tipperary.) 
Cowf’EN ELDERS: The CORMORANT.  (Kirkcudbright.) 
Swainson says the name is derived from Colvend, a coast 
parish in that county. 
CowrrisE. A North Country name for the RING-DOVE. 
Craa Maa: The KITTIWAKE GULL. (Shetlands.) 
Cracker: The PINTAIL. (Willughby.) Cracker or Craker is 
also a North Country name for the LAND-RAIL. 
Crackin: The WREN. (North Devon.) Swainson says it is 
from its ery. 
Crarr: The HOUSE-SPARROW. (Cumberland.) 
Crac OuzEL: The RING-OUZEL. (Craven.) From its haunts. 
Craiaac: The SHELD-DUCK. (Iona and Mull.) From 
Gael. craig and geadh=rock-goose. 
Craig Doo: The STOCK-DOVE. (Northumberland.) From 
its sometimes nesting in crags. 
CRAIGIE-EASLIN : The RING-OUZEL. (Scotland.) 
CrAIGIE Heron : The COMMON HERON. (Scotland.) Swain- 
son says it is from craig—throat. 
Crake: The LAND-RAIL generally; also a North Country 
name for the CARRION-CROW. From its hoarse cry. 
