72 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Dascuick: The LITTLE GREBE. Occurs in Merrett (1667). 
Willughby has “ Dobchick.”’ The name is also applied to 
the MOORHEN in Shropshire (Swainson), and in Cheshire 
(Coward and Oldham). 
DarrincH : The CHAFFINCH. (North Devon.) 
DakER-HEN : The LAND-RAIL. (Yorkshire, Cheshire.) Occurs 
in Turner, Merrett and Willughby. It refers, it has been 
suggested, to the unsteady flight of the bird. Cordeaux 
says that the word to “‘ Dacker,”’ meaning to stagger or 
totter, is a well-known word in Lincolnshire. Another sug- 
gested derivation is “ t’acre-hen ”’==the acre or land hen. 
Datmatian Recuius : The YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER. 
(Gould.) Also occurs as Dalmatian Wren. 
DanisH Crow: The HOODED CROW. From the supposition 
that they visit us from Denmark. 
Darsy : The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provincial.) 
Darcock : The WATER-RAIL. (Provincial.) Perhaps “ dark 
cock ” from its sombre colour. 
Dark-FOOTED PerrycHaprs: The CHIFFCHAFF. 
Darr: The COMMON TERN. (Norfolk.) 
DARTFORD WARBLER [No. 151]. Takes its name from 
the locality where the first examples were obtained in 
1773 (Bexley Heath, near Dartford); described by Pennant 
in 1776. The name is found in Pennant, Montagu and 
other old authors, but Macgillivray in 1839 attempted to 
substitute ‘‘ Provence Furzeling.”’ 
Daup, Daur Crow, or DaupEE: The CARRION-CROW. (York- 
shire.) 
Daw: The JACKDAW. The name under which it appears 
in Shakespeare. Newton says it is “doubtless from the 
bird’s cry, as seems also to be the nickname ‘ Jack’ com- 
monly prefixed.” This latter assumption, however, seems 
erroneous, the term Jack more probably having reference 
to its small size (see Jack). 
Dprertnioc. A Welsh name for the SISKIN ; also spelt “ Drei- 
niog ” (q.v.). 
DEARGAN-CHOILLE. A Gaelic name for the BULLFINCH. 
Dertor FRAITH. A Welsh name for the GREAT SPOTTED 
WOODPECKER ; lit. “ spotted pecker.” 
DELOR FRAITH LEIAF. A Welsh name for the LESSER 
SPOTTED WOODPECKEER ; lit. “lesser spotted pecker.” 
DELOR y cnAU: The NUTHATCH. (North Wales.) Signifies 
nut-pecker.”” 
