22 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Hern, HERNsHAW, HeRNSEUGH, HERNSEW, Harn, HARNSER, 
HarnsEy: The COMMON HERON. Vulgar contractions 
of Heronseugh. ‘Hern or Hernshaw ”’ occurs in Merrett 
(1667). The first four are North Country, and the last three 
East Anglian names. Whitaker gives Herring Sue for 
Nottinghamshire, and Nelson and Clarke give Heron- 
sew, Herring-sew, Heronseugh, Heron-sue, Heronshaw, and 
Heronshew for the Yorkshire districts. 
Heron. See COMMON HERON. 
HeEronsEvuGH. An old English name for the HERON, the 
precise meaning and derivation of which is doubtful. Some 
authorities derive it from the Sanskrit hansa. It occurs 
as Heron-sewe in Chaucer, which has led to the supposition 
that the “sewe” is derived from Old Eng. sewe, a dish, 
in reference to the bird as a table dainty. 
Herring Gant: The GANNET. (Norfolk.) 
HERRING-GULL [No. 431]. The name occurs in Willughby, 
also in Pennant and succeeding writers. 
Herring Spink: The GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. (Kast 
Suffolk.) So called from being often caught in the rigging 
of the boats during the North Sea fishing when on migration 
(“ Kast Anglian,” rv, p. 115). 
HeEw-HOLE: The GREEN WOODPECKER (see Hickwall.) 
The name occurs in Turner (1544) and in Willughby. 
HickmMatL. A provincial name for the BLUE TITMOUSE (see 
Heckymal.) 
HickwaLtt: The GREEN WOODPECKER, according to 
Merrett, but Willughby applies the name to the LESSER 
SPOTTED WOODPECKER, as do also Yarrell, Bewick, 
and other authors. Newton derives the name from A.Sax 
higera or higere, lit. a laugher ; in which case the GREEN 
WOODPECKER would appear to be the species intended. 
Another form of the word is Hickway, from which Newton 
thinks the names Highaw and Hewhole may be corrupted. 
HicH-HoE: The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Shropshire.) Occurs 
in Willughby (1678). Heigh-hawe and Hayhoe are other 
forms of the word, which Newton thinks comes from 
A.Sax higera or higere (see Hickwall), but it has been 
thought to refer to the height at which the bird makes 
its nesting-holes. 
Hittan Pret: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Aberdeen.) Pro- 
bably ‘‘ Highland Pie.” 
Hitt Brrp: The FIELDFARE. (Scotland.) 
