90 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
country of origin. It occurs also sometimes in falconry 
books for this species. Swainson also applies French 
Magpie to the RED-BACKED SHRIKE (Sussex) and the 
LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 
FreNcH PartripGE: The RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. 
In Nottinghamshire ‘‘ Frenchman ”’ is a local name for this 
species, but at Bridlington it is applied to the BLACK 
TERN. 
FRENcH PrerrincH: The BRAMBLING. (Provincial.) 
Frenca Picton: The LAPWING. (Provincial.) 
FrencH Sparrow: . The TREE-SPARROW. (Provincial.) 
Also the SNOW-BUNTING. (North Riding, Yorkshire.) 
French Wooprecker: The GREAT SPOTTED WOOD- 
PECKER. (Provincial.) 
FrencH YELLOW Hammer: The CIRL BUNTING. (Devon- 
shire.) 
FRESHWATER SANDLARK: The COMMON SANDPIPER.  (Ire- 
land.) 
FRESHWATER WicEon: The COMMON POCHARD. (North 
Ireland.) Also the GOLDENEYE (Strangford Lough). 
FRIGATE-PETREL [No. 323]. This well-known bird, first 
described by Latham in 1790, is now ascertained to be 
a very rare straggler to our shores from the Southern Ocean. 
FronFraitH: The SONG-THRUSH. (North Wales) lit. 
‘* mottle-breast.”’ | 
FRONFRAITH FAWR: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (North Wales) 
lit. “ great mottle-breast.”’ 
Frosty-Back Wicron: The SCAUP-DUCK. (Provincial.) 
Furrit: The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (East Lothian.) 
FULFRAN LEIAF. A Welsh name for the SHAG; lit. “lesser 
crow.” 
FuLtt CurteEw: The CURLEW; in contradistinction to the 
WHIMBREL (or “ Half-Curlew ”’). The COMMON SNIPE 
is also sometimes termed Full Snipe to distinguish it from 
the JACK (or Half) SNIPE. 
FULMAR PETREL [No. 334]. The name Fulmar is found in 
Pennant (fo. ed., 1766) and is used by all succeeding authors 
except Montagu, who spells it Fulmer, the added word 
Petrel being seldom used, although found in Yarrell (1843) 
and others. The name is said to be derived from the 
Gaelic Fulmair, but Mr. Harvie-Brown (“ Zoologist,” Oct., 
1912) decides that the Gaelic is derived from the English 
and not the English from the Gaelic. The English name 
