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FELTY—FLAMINGO. 87 
Firtp Sparrow: The HEDGE-SPARROW.  (Roxburgh.) 
Sometimes abbreviated to Fieldie. 
Frevp Tittine: The TREE-PIPIT. (Fleming.) 
Fiery Branvait or Frery Repraiw: The REDSTART. (Shrop- 
shire.) ‘‘ Brantail” signifies fiery tail (Dan. brand, fire- 
brand or fire), in allusion to its red tail and coverts. 
Fic-EATER or Fic-Brrp. Properly the GARDEN-WARBLER, 
the Beccafigo of the Italians (but also sometimes applied to 
the SPOTTED FLYCATCHER). It occurs in Willughby 
(1678) and in Pennant (1766). 
Ficutina Rurr: The RUFF. From the pugnacious habits of 
the male. 
FIonnAG or FEANNAG. A Gaelic name for the HOODED CROW ; 
lit. a “‘skinner’’ or “‘ flayer.” 
Frrecrest: The FIRE-CRESTED WREN. 
FIRE-CRESTED WREN [No. 104]. This name is first found 
in Eyton (1836). Occurs in Jenyns (1835) and Yarrell 
(1st ed.) as Fire-crested Regulus. Also sometimes known 
as the FIRE-CRESTED or FTRE-CROWNED KINGLET. 
FIRE-crown : The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. (Yorkshire.) 
FIRE-EYED Coat: The DARTFORD WARBLER.  (Provincial.) 
Frre-riurrt: The REDSTART. (Provincial.) Probably from 
the red upper tail-coverts and tail, and the frequent quick 
jerks of the latter. A.Sax. fleard (=flirt) properly signifies 
a piece of foolishness or trifling (i.e. coquetry). 
Frretart. A common provincial name for the REDSTART; 
from the colour of the tail and coverts. 
FisHER: The KINGFISHER. (West Riding, Yorkshire.) 
FisHine Hawk: The OSPREY. (Scotland.) Properly a 
name for the American Osprey. Itis first found in Catesby’s 
Carolina, but is quoted by Pennant (‘ Brit. Zool.,” 1766), 
and Montagu gives Fishing Hawk and Fishing Eagle as 
provincial names. 
FisH1nG Osprey. Macgillivray’s name for the OSPREY. 
FirHeacH, FrpHeAcH, or BrapuTacH. Gaelic names for the 
RAVEN ; the last form is that given by Macgillivray. 
FLACKIE: The CHAFFINCH. (Cheshire.) 
FiamBoroucH Heap Pinot: The PUFFIN. (Flamborough.) 
FLAMINGO [No. 270]. The name Flamingo is Portuguese, 
in Spanish it is Flamenco. It occurs in Willughby as 
‘*Flammant or Phceenicopter,” and he says “the French call 
it Flambant or Flammant, rather from the flammeous 
colour of its wings and feet, than because it comes from 
