76 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
same actions are earlier described by Drayton (“ Polyol- 
bion,” 1613). Kay also accounts for its name by saying 
that we call a foolish, dull person a Doterell, and “on this 
account our people also call it Doterell, as if they were to 
say doating with folly.” The Gaelic name for the bird, 
An tamadan mointich, also signifies “‘ the fool of the peat 
bog,” or moor. Willughby relates that in Norfolk the 
bird was caught by several persons carrying stones in each 
hand, which they struck against one another and so drove 
the birds into the net. A Scottish saying is :— 
When dotterel do fast appear, 
It shows that frost is very near ; 
But when the dotterel do go, 
Then you may look for heavy snow. 
Dovus_eE Scoter: The VELVET SCOTER. (Bewick.) 
DovusLe Snipe: The GREAT SNIPE. So called from its 
being of superior size to the COMMON SNIPE. 
DovuckER Scorer: The VELVET SCOTER. (Hett.) 
Dovux: The DIPPER. (Settle; Yorkshire.) 
DovuxEerR or Doucker: The LITTLE GREBE. (Cheshire. ) 
Willughby calls it the “small Doucker,” while Turner 
gives Douker as a general name for the Grebes. The word 
sionifies literally “ducker” and is cognate with Dutch 
duyck er. It is a local name for the TUFTED DUCK and 
COMMON POCHARD, and according to Hawker Doucker 
is a gunner’s name for the immature GOLDENEYE in 
Scotland. 
Dove. A general term for the species of wild pigeons; in 
Scotland it becomes “ Doo.” 
DovE-cOLOURED Fatcon: The HEN-HARRIER. (Bewick.) 
Dove-Hawk is also an old local name for the species, and 
probably refers to its blue-grey colour. 
DOVEKEE or DOVEKY (also written Dovekie). The whalers’ 
name for the BLACK GUILLEMOT; but sometimes 
misapplied to the LITTLE AUK. 
Dovver: The TUFTED DUCK. (East Coast.) 
Dow Futrar (Dove Fieldfare): The FIELDFARE. 
Downy Woodpecker. An American species said—but on in- 
sufficient evidence—to have been obtained in England. 
Drain Swattow: The GREEN SANDPIPER. (Spurn, 
Yorkshire.) 
Drake HEN or DRAKER HEN. Yorkshire names for the LAND- 
RAIL. 
