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DrEtLoR y DREW. A Welsh name for the GREEN WOOD- 
PECKER ; lit. “ oak pecker ” (?). 
Demoiselle Crane. This beautiful species cannot properly be 
included as a British bird. The name Demoiselle (a young 
lady) is borrowed from the French, by whom it is also 
applied to several other birds. 
Denmark Crow: The HOODED CROW. (Humber district.) 
DERYN cOocH Y FFLAM: The REDSTART. (North Wales) lit. 
“red fire-bird.” 
DERYN DU’R Luan: The SWIFT. (North Wales) _ lit. “ black 
bird of the church.” 
DESERT-WHEATEAR  [No. 168, Western Desert Wheat- 
ear; No. 169, Eastern Desert Wheatear]. The Western 
form of this species is confined to the African Sahara, 
while the eastern form is Asiatic, hence the necessity for 
distinguishing the two races. 
Dervit: The SWIFT. (Berks.) 
DEVIL-BIRD, DEvVIL-SCREAMER, DEVIL-SHRIEKER, DEVIL 
SQUEAKER, Devit-screw. Yorkshire names for the 
SWIFT. Devil-Screamer is also a Hampshire name for the 
species, and Devil-screecher a Devonshire name. 
Devitinc: The SWIFT. (Bewick.) It is in use as a pro- 
vincial name in Nottinghamshire, Lancashire Westmor- 
land and East Anglia. Devilin’ cr Dicky Devlin’ are also 
north and west Yorkshire names. 
Devit’s BrIrRD: The PIED WAGTAIL (Ireland); also the 
YELLOW BUNTING (Scotland) : because, says Macgil- 
livray, its song is interpreted as signifying, “‘ Deil, deil, deil 
take ye,” that is, the cruel nesters. Devil-bird and Devil’s- 
Bitch are also among the Yorkshire names of the SWIFT. 
Devit Swattow: The SWIFT. (Provincial.) 
Dick Dunnock or Dicky Dunnock : The HEDGE-SPARROW. 
(Provincial.) See Dunnock. 
DICKIE-DI-DEE: The COMMON SANDPIPER. (Lancashire.) 
Dicky Pua: The WREN. (Cheshire.) 
Dipaprer or DrepApPER : The LITTLE GREBE. (Dorsetshire, 
Hampshire, Yorkshire, Norfolk.) A corruption of Dive- 
dapper. Nares says it signifies “ Little Diver.” Occurs 
as Didapper in Willughby and Ray. 
Dik SmMovuLeR: The HEDGE-SPARROW. Occurs in Turner, 
who says it signifies a bird that hides itself in hedges. 
DiyportTH (Y): The REDSTART. (North Wales) lit. “ hot- 
rump.” 
