74 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Dinnick : The WRYNECK. (Devonshire.) Swainson says the 
name is given it on account of its brown plumage. 
Dire Ears: The LITTLE TERN. (Norfolk.) 
DIPPER [No. 192, Black-bellied Dipper; No. 193, British 
Dipper ; No. 194, Irish Dipper]. The name is first given by 
Tunstall in 1771 as Water Ouzel or Dipper. Itis given as 
a provincial name by Bewick (1804) under the heading 
of ‘‘ Water Ouzel,” and he observes that it may, 
be seen perched on the top of a stone in the midst 
of the torrent, in a contmual dippmg motion § or 
short curtsey, often repeated ; and the name is therefore 
probably not (as is commonly supposed) derived from its 
habit of entering the water in search of its food. I find 
no earlier use than Tunstall’s of this name, and therefore the 
derivation sometimes given from A.Sax. dippan or dyppan 
to dip or dive, is inaccurate. Selby calls it the “ European 
Dipper,” and Fleming the “ Dipper,” from which time on 
the name superseded the older one of Water Ouzel. The 
species is correctly described under the heading of Alcedo 
by Turner (1544), who calls it the “‘ Water craw,” and thinks 
it akin to the KINGFISHER. His “ Cinclus’”’ however, 
does not refer to the DIPPER. Evans thought it to be 
the COMMON SANDPIPER, but the description does not 
correspond at all with the latter species. Willughby calls 
the present bird ‘‘ Water Crake,” but most subsequent 
authors call it the “‘ Water Ouzel.” Swainson gives Dipper 
as a Shropshire name for the KINGFISHER. The Black- 
bellied Dipper is the Scandinavian and North European 
form, which sometimes visits our eastern counties in winter. 
Dr. Hartert has lately separated the Irish race from the 
race resident in Great Britain ; and it must now be called 
Trish Dipper. 
Drrrer or DrpreR Duck: The LITTLE GREBE. (Yorkshire.) 
The name is also applied to this species by Willughby and 
by Montagu. 
DrepurRL: The COMMON TERN. (Norfolk.) 
DrrsH: The SONG-THRUSH. (Somerset.) 
Dirty ALLEN, Dirty Avuin, or Dirt Birp: The ARCTIC 
SKUA. (East Scotland.) 
DIsHWASHER, PEGGY DisHwASHER, Montuy WasHpisH, PoLLy 
WasHpisH, Nanny WasutTait, Mott WasHER, WASHER- 
womMaAN, Disuuick. English provincial names for the 
PIED WAGTAIL; from the bird’s habit of frequenting _ 
the water’s edge and holding its tail above the water to 
prevent wetting it. 
