82 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
EHEDYDD Y CoED: The WOOD-LARK and the TREE-PIPIT. 
(North Wales) lit. “‘ wood lark.” 
Etcysen: The BARNACLE-GOOSE. (North Wales.) 
EvercH. A Cornish name for the wild Swan (the WHOOPER). 
Exiavy : The COMMON GUILLEMOT. (South Pembroke.) 
Exix. An east Yorkshire and Northumberland name for the 
WHOOPER SWAN. Occurs in Willughby, Edwards and 
other writers. It is cognate with the Icelandic Alt. 
ELM-TREE GOLDFINCH: The GOLDFINCH. (“ Rather small 
size, supposed to have been bred in an elm tree.” —H2rTT.) 
Etrck. A Welsh name for a wild Swan (the WHOOPER),. 
Emper Goose or ImmMer Goose: The GREAT NORTHERN 
DIVER. (Orkney and Shetland.) Swainson gives Ammer 
or Emmer Goose as Aberdeen and East Lothian names. 
(See Immer.) 
EMMET-HUNTER. This name for the WRYNECK is found in 
Charleton (1668), and still survives as a provincial name ; 
it is derived from the bird’s partiality to ants. 
EnGuisH HecKLE: The WRYNECK. (Provincial.) 
EneiisH OrtTotAN: The WHEATEAR. Perhaps from its © 
gastronomical qualities. 
ENTERMEWERS. A falconer’s term for Hawks of the second 
year, after they have moulted their immature-plumage. 
Eorn rvs. A Gaelic name for the RED GROUSE. (Western 
Tslands) lit. “red bird.” 
Eos. A Welsh name for the NIGHTINGALE ; lit. “ nightin- 
gale.” 
EpicuRIAN WARBLER : The PLED FLYCATCHER. (Hett.) 
EQUESTRIAN SANDPIPER: The RUFF. (Provincial.) 
Er. A Cornish name for an Eagle. 
ERN BLEATER: The COMMON SNIPE. 
ERNE: The WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. From A.Sax. Harn. It 
appears to have been formerly a falconer’s term for the 
male to distinguish it from the larger female, called Eagle. 
Occurs in Turner (1544) and Sibbald (1684) ; now chiefly 
used in the Orkneys and Shetlands, and perhaps other 
parts of Scotland. Scott has :— 
Upon her eyrie nods the Erne.—LapDy oF THE LAKE. 
The name was sometimes spelt iron, according to Colonel 
Thornton. 
ERYR CYNFFON WEN, Eryr Tinwyn, or Mor Eryr. Welsh 
names for the WHITE-TAILED EAGLE; the first two 
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