CRAKE—CRESTED. 63 
Park on the Roding in Essex, which adjoined a large heronry. 
Willughby also gives Crane as a name for the SHAG in 
the north of England. 
CRANE SwaALLow or CrRAN SwaLtow: The SWIFT. (East 
Lothian.) 
CRANK-BIRD: A Gloucestershire name for the LESSER 
SPOTTED WOODPECKER. (Montagu.) Probably from 
its cry resembling the creaking produced by the turning 
of a windlass (Swainson). 
Crann LAcH: The TEAL. (Iona and Mull.) Signifying “ tree 
duck.” 
Crann-TacH: The CURLEW. (Iona and Mull.) Signifying 
“one with a long bill.” 
CratrtTick : The COMMON EIDER. (East Lothian.) 
Cravat Goose: The Canada Goose. Occurs in Macgillivray. 
Craw: The CARRION- and HOODED CROWS. (Scotland 
generally, also Yorkshire.) Sometimes written “ Cra.” 
CREAM-COLOURED COURSER [No. 353]. The name is 
found in Montagu as Cream-coloured Plover, Cream- 
coloured Courser occurring in Fleming, while Selby calls it 
the Cream-coloured Swiftfoot. 
CREAM-COLOURED GuLL: The immature GLAUCOUS and 
ICELAND GULLS. (Yorkshire coast.) 
CREAM-COLOURED OwL: The BARN-OWL. 
CreceR: The SONG-THRUSH. (North Wales.) It signifies 
“* chatterer.”’ 
Creck. A North Country name for the LAND-RAIL. 
CREC Y GARREG, CREC PENDDU’R EITHIN: The STONECHAT. 
(North Wales.) The first signifies “stonechat ”’ and the 
second “ black-headed gorse-chat.”’ 
CREC YR EITHIN: The WHINCHAT. (North Wales) lit. 
** gorse-chat.”’ 
CREEPER: The TREECREEPER. Occurs in Turner as 
“Creper,’ and in Willughby as “Creeper.” Merrett 
applies the name to the WALLCREEPER. 
CREEPIE : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Kirkcudbright.) 
Creer TREE: The TREECREEPER. (Norfolk.) Also 
CREEPY-TREE (Barnsley, Yorks.). 
CRESHAWK: The KESTREL. (Cornwall.) Probably a cor- 
ruption of Cristel-hawk (q.v.). 
CRESTED CORMORANT or CRESTED CoRVoRANT. Applied in dif- 
ferent localities to both the SHAG and the CORMORANT, 
but more applicable to the former. 
