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Hepes Spick: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Sussex.) 
Hepce WarsiLer: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Bewick.) Also 
local name in Yerkshire. 
Hepey or Hencrr: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Provincial.) 
HeEpyppD, EHEDYDD, or UcHEDYDD. Welsh names for the SKY- 
LARK; the first two signify a “ flier,” the third a “ high 
flier.” 
Hepypp-y-corp. The Welsh name for the WOOD-LARK ; 
lit. “‘ wood-lark.” 
Heepy-Craw : The HOODED CROW. (Scotland.) No doubt 
a corruption. 
Herrut, Herratp: The GREEN WOODPECKER. (York- 
shire.) Probably same as “ yaffle.” 
Hee@rif, HEGRIW’s SKIP, or Skip Hearm: The HERON. (Shet- 
lands.) 
Hetecvc: The PUFFIN. Willughby records it as so called 
in South Wales. 
HewiesaAy: The RAZORBILL. (Shetlands.) Hett also gives 
* Helligog ” for this species. 
HempieE: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Scotland and York- 
shire.) 
Hen-Driver. An occasional name for the HEN-HARRIER 
(Thornton.) 
HEN-HARRIER [No. 24]. Formerly a common species in our 
islands, but now rare as a breeding species. The names 
Hen-Harrier (male) and Ring-tail (female) both occur in 
Willughby (1678). Turner (1544) has “Hen _harroer,” 
and says, “It gets this name among our countrymen from 
butchering their fowls.” It is related in the “ Zoologist ” 
that in the Hebrides it is said of any one, should he be more 
than ordinarily fortunate on a certain day, that he must 
have seen‘\the “clamhan luch” or Hen-Harrier. 
Hen Harroer: The HEN-HARRIER. Occurs in Turner 
( 1544), and is copied from him by Aldrovandus. 
HeratD: The COMMON HERON. (Forfar.) 
HERALD Duck or Heratp: The RED-BREASTED MER- 
GANSER. (Shetland Isles, Forfar.) 
HerpsMAN: The GREAT SKUA. (Orkneys.) Because it is 
believed to protect the young lambs from Eagles (Swainson.) 
HerRL: The adult male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 
(Northumberland. ) 
Hermit Crow: The CHOUGH. From its solitary habits. 
