FLAMMANT—FRENCH. 89 
being that its gaudily-coloured plumage suggested a jester’s 
parti-coloured coat. 
Foot-ars— or Foor-tn-arseE: The LITTLE GREBE. 
(Cheshire. ) 
For Hwyap ppv (Y). A Welsh name for the COMMON 
SCOTER ; lit. ‘‘ black sea-duck.”’ 
Forxk-Taibep Krre: The KITE. (Merrett.) Also formerly 
occurred as Forked Kite (Thornton) and _ Fork-tail 
(Yorkshire). 
ForK-TAILED PeTrEL: LEACH’S FORK-TAILED PETREL. 
(Fleming, Yarrell, etc.) 
Fork-TaIteD Storm PrTrreL: LEACH’S FORK-TAILED 
PETREL. (Selby.) 
Frank: The COMMON HERON. (Suffolk, Essex, Stirling.) 
From its cry. 
Frao. A Cornish name for the SHORT-EARED OWL. 
FRECKLED Herron. The AMERICAN BITTERN was first 
described under this name by Col. Montagu in 1813 in the 
Supplement to his ‘‘ Ornithological Dictionary.” 
FRECKLED SANDPIPER: The KNOT (when changing to summer- 
plumage). 
FrencH Birp: The FIELDFARE is so called at Wirral, 
Cheshire, according to Coward and Oldham. 
FRENCH GALLEY-BIRD: The LESSER SPOTTED WOOD- 
PECKER. (Sussex.) ‘“‘Galley-bird” signifies merry or 
laughing bird, in allusion to its loud call, being derived 
from A.Sax. gal=merry. For the significance of “ French,” 
see French Magpie. | 
Frencu Heckite: The LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
See above, and also ‘‘ Heckle.”’ 
FrencH Heron: The BITTERN. (Provincial.) 
Frencu Linnet: The LESSER REDPOLL (Yorkshire.) The 
CHAFFINCH (South Holderness); the BRAMBLING 
(North Yorkshire). 
FrencH Macpre or Frencu Piz. Names often given to the 
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER in the southern 
counties of England, while Garner gives the first form also 
as a Staffordshire name for this bird and Swainson the 
second form as a Leicestershire name. It is also locally 
used for the GREAT GREY SHRIKE, which is referred to 
in Walton’s “ Angler” as French Pie: and in each case 
implies a stranger or foreigner, it being a common practice 
to desighate an uncommon bird by the name of its supposed 
