CUNEATE—DABBER. (i 
’ CusHi—e Doo: The RING-DOVE. (Scottish Borders) lit. 
Cushat Dove. 
CUSTEEN-FAY-CLOUGH. (Properly coistin faoi cloich.) A Kerry 
name for the WHEATEAR, signifying “ the cunning little 
old man under the stone’ (Thompson). 
Curpitt. A North Country name for the GREEN WOOD- 
PECKER. 
Curr. A name for the COOT. (Macgillivray.) 
CurHaGc. The Gaelic name for the CUCKOO; imitative of its 
note. 
Curnpert Duck : The COMMON EIDER. Occurs in Willughby. 
Properly St. Cuthbert’s Duck. 
Cut Straw: The WHITETHROAT. (Cheshire.) 
Cur-tHroatT: The WHITETHROAT. Bolam thinks it is 
from the bird’s habit of raising its crest and puffing out 
the feathers on its chin while it sings. 
Curty, Cut, or Curry WREN. Provincial names for the WREN. 
Cutty is from Welsh cwta=“ short-tailed, from cwt which 
signifies literally anything short, e.g. as in “ cutty,” a short 
clay pipe, originally applied as a distinction from the long 
‘“‘churchwarden ” pipe. The name is in use in some parts 
of the north and south-west of England, and also as 
“Cutty Wren” in south-west Scotland. Swainson gives 
Cutteley Wren as a Somersetshire name. 
Cotwater: The GREAT SHEARWATER and the MANX 
SHEARWATER. 
Cwrtar or Cwrarar. A Welsh name for the COOT; lit. Short 
or Bob-tailed Hen. Also applied to the WATER-RAIL. 
CwtyN LLwyp: The GREAT PLOVER. (North Wales.) 
CwTyN YR AUR, CWTYN AUR, or CwTIAD AUR. Welsh names for 
the GOLDEN PLOVER. Cwtyn ddu (“black plover ’’) 
is applied to the BLACK-TAILED GODWIT in North 
Wales. 
Cyrrytoc. A Welsh name for the WOODCOCK ; lit. “‘ wood- 
cock.” 
Cyrrytog y Mor: The BAR-TAILED GODWIT. (North 
Wales) lit. “‘ sea woodcock.”’ 
Cyenet. The young of a Swan (properly the MUTE SWAN). 
Cytionypp : The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (North Wales) 
lit. “‘ insect catcher.” 
CyNFFONWEN: The WHEATEAR. (North Wales.) Signifies 
“white rump.” 
Dapper: The LITTLE GREBE. (Berks. and Bucks.) 
