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Gyr Fatcon: The PEREGRINE FALCON. (Longdendale, 
Cheshire.) 
Hackspott: The GREAT SHEARWATER. (Scilly Isles.) 
Hacket or Hacktet: The KITTIWAKE. (Provincial.) 
Hacpown: The GREAT SHEARWATER. (Dungarvan, Isle 
of Man; and coast of Ireland.) 
Haaearp or HaaearD Fatcon: The PEREGRINE FALCON 
in adult-plumage. (Willughby.) 
Hacearp Hawk. In falconry, a full-grown hawk, taken in 
its unreclaimed state. 
Hacaister or Hacister. An old Kentish name for the 
MAGPIE. Occurs in Scott’s “ Discovery of Witchcraft,” 
where it is said that, “‘ to prognosticate that guests approach 
to your house upon the chattering of pies or haggisters is 
altogether vanity and superstition.” 
Haicrie: The COMMON HERON. (Shetland Isles.) 
Harr-rart: The GARDEN-WARBLER. (Nidd Valley, York- 
shire.) 
Hairy Woodpecker. An American species said by Latham, 
Montagu and others, without sufficient evidence, to have 
reached our shores. 
Hatcyon: The KINGFISHER. (Poetical.) 
Hatr-pirp. A fowler’s name for the TEAL, COMMON 
POCHARD, SCAUP-DUCK and other small ducks which 
bring lesser prices than the larger kinds. It seems to be 
proper to any kind under the size of the MALLARD. It 
is used in the Fens, also in Norfolk and elsewhere. 
Hatr-CurLew: The WHIMBREL. (Norfolk, Yorkshire.) So 
called from its being a miniature of the COMMON CURLEW 
(see Half-bird). The name is also applied in Norfolk to 
the BAR-TAILED GODWIT. 
Hair Ness: The RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. (Provincial.) 
Hatr-SnipE: The JACK SNIPE. (Norfolk.) So called from 
its being much smaller than the COMMON SNIPE. 
Hatr Wuaur: The BAR-TAILED GODWIT. (Forfar). An 
equivalent of Half-Curlew. 
Hampure GRosBeAK: The TREE-SPARROW. (Latham.) 
HampurG TREE-CREEPER: The TREE-SPARROW. (Albin.) 
Hammer BuateE (or BLEAT) : The COMMON SNIPE. (Provincial.) 
Hanpsaw: The HERON. A corruption of ‘ Heronseugh.” 
Occurs in Hamlet (act m, sc. 2): “I know a hawk from 
a handsaw.” 
