CUCKOO—CUMHACHAG. 69 
a Cuckoo was heard to sing three times, and being taken 
out, was kept alive two years. The story, however, occurs 
in Aldrovandus and elsewhere, and Willughby himself 
appears to be rather less credible on the subject than his 
editor, Ray. 
Cuckoo’s Maip: The RED-BACKED SHRIKE. (Hereford.) 
Because it feeds the young Cuckoo. (Swainson.) 
Cuckoo’s MATE or CUCKOO’S MESSENGER: The WRYNECK. 
(Provincial.) So-called from its arrival generally preceding 
that of the Cuckoo by a few days. It is also known as 
Cuckoo’s footman or Cuckoo’s fool in Gloucestershire and 
as Cuckoo’s leader in Norfolk, while Swainson gives Cuckoo’s 
marrow (i.e. companion) as a name in the Midlands, and 
Tunstall (1784) called it Cuckoo’s Maiden. 
Cuckoo’s SanpieE: The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Northumberland.) 
The meaning is synonymous with “ Gowk’s Fool” (q.v.). 
Swainson also gives Cuckoo’s Titling as a Durham name. 
CupDBERDUCE: The COMMON EIDER. (Northumberland.) 
A corruption of St. Cuthbert’s Duck. 
Cuppan: The RING-DOVE. (North Wales) lit. “cooing 
bird.” 
Cuppy: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Yorkshire.) The TREE- 
CREEPER. (Northants.) Also the MOORHEN ; prob- 
ably a corruption of Cutty (q.v.). 
CuperzE: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Notts.) Also probably 
from Cutty. 
Cupon. A Cornish name tor the RING-DOVE. 
Cupyiut cocH: The KESTREL. (South Wales.) Signifies “‘ red 
kestrel.” 
CupYLL guas: The PEREGRINE FALCON. (North Wales) 
lit. ‘‘ blue kestrel.” 
CUDYLL GLAs BACH: The MERLIN. (North Wales) lit. “little 
blue kestrel.” 
CupYLL y Gwynt: The KESTREL. (North Wales) lit. 
‘* windhover.”’ 
Cutver: The RING-DOVE. (Dorsetshire.) It is an old English 
name for a pigeon or dove, occurring in Spenser and also 
in Chaucer as colver. Derived from A.Sax. culfre, which 
apparently is only a corruption of Lat. colwmba (Skeat). 
CULVERT or CULVER Duck: The COMMON EIDER. (North- 
umberland.) A contraction of St. Cuthbert’s Duck. 
CumnacHac. A Gaelic name for the TAWNY OWL. 
