64 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
CRESTED Diver: The TUFTED DUCK. (Ireland.) 
CRESTED GREBE: The GREAT CRESTED GREBE. Albin 
calls it Crested Diver. 
CrEestED Heron: The COMMON HERON. (Provincial.) 
CRESTED or GREEN Lapwina : The LAPWING. (Selby). 
CRESTED LARK [No. 60]. So named from its very distinct 
and pointed crest. The name Crested Lark occurs first 
in Willughby (1678). It was added to the British List by 
Yarrell in 1845 (“ Brit. Birds,” Suppl.) The bird was 
formerly considered to be of medicinal value. Willughby 
observes that “* Dioscorides prescribes this bird to be eaten 
roasted, Galen in some places of his works roasted, in 
some places boiled, to assuage Colic pains. Marcellus 
Virgilius prefers the powder of it, put in an earthen pot, 
and dried or burnt in an oven, taken in water to the 
quantity of two or three spoonfuls, before all other medi- 
cines for the Colic.” 
CriesteD PuRPLE Heron : The PURPLE HERON.  (Selby.) 
CresTeD SHAG: The SHAG. (Montagu.) 
CRESTED TITMOUSE [No. 94, Scottish Crested Titmouse ; 
No. 95, Northern Crested Titmouse; - No. 96, Central 
Kuropean Crested Titmouse]. Occurs first under this name 
in Willughby (1678). Since the time of Macgillivray and 
Yarrell it has been commonly abbreviated to “Crested Tit.” 
CreuMHACH. A Gaelic name for the ROOK. 
Crew: The MANX SHEARWATER. (Scilly Isles.) 
Crityr eas: The COMMON HERON. (North Wales) lit. 
“blue crier.” Another name is CRECHYDD (screamer). 
CRICKALEEL: The GARGANEY (?). Occurs in Merrett (see 
Cricket Teal). 
CrickET Brrp: The GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER.  (Nor- 
folk.) 
Cricket Tra: The GARGANEY. From its cry. Hett also 
gives Crick as a name for the species. 
CRISTEL-HAWK: The KESTREL. Derived from Fr. cristel= 
kestrel. 
CrocKER: The BRENT GOOSE. Also the BLACK-HEADED 
GULL. 
CROMAN COILLTEACH: The WOODCOCK. (Iona and Mull) 
lit. “‘ crookbill of the woods.” 
