HERN—HOLLAND. 1s 
Hitt Biacksirrp: The RING-OUZEL. (Northumberland.) 
Hitt Cuack: The RING-OUZEL. (Orkneys.) 
Hitt Hooter: The TAWNY OWL. (Cheshire.) 
Hit Lintre: The TWITE. (Orkneys.) 
Hitz Picron : The STOCK-DOVE. (Cheshire.) 
Hitt Plover: The GOLDEN PLOVER. (Forfarshire.) 
Hitt Sparrow: The MEADOW-PIPIT. (Orkneys and Shet- 
lands.) 
Hissinc Own: The BARN-OWL. (Yorkshire.) From the 
hissing sound uttered at times. 
HOBBY [No. 235]. The name occurs Latinized ‘“ hobbia ” in 
Turner (1544), but in English in Willughby (1678), who 
correctly designates it “ swbbuteo of Aldrovandus,” a name 
applied by Turner to the female HEN-HARRIER, or 
Ringtail. Willughby remarks that the word Hobby is 
derived from its French name (which in Old Fr. was 
Hobé, Mod. Fr. Hobereau, or Hobreau), but Swainson thinks 
the Mod. Fr. Hobereawis from Old Provencal Alban (white, 
from its light plumage) through Old Fr. Aubreau. 
Aldrovandus spells it ‘‘ Hobie.” In addition to being a 
favourite species for hawking, this bird was formerly 
employed in what was called the ‘“ Daring of Larks,” an 
ancient usage in fowling, in which a Hobby was let off 
to prevent the larks from rising while they were being 
netted. Among faleoners Hobby was properly the name 
of the female, the inferior male being called Jack or Robin. 
Tn the Shetlands the name Hobby is applied to the MERLIN 
according to Saxby. 
Hossy Brrp. An old Norfolk name for the WRYNECK 
according to Sir Thomas Browne, “ because it comes either 
with, or a little before, the hobbies in the spring.” 
Hogsspy Owt: The BARN-OWL. (Northants.) 
Hosicocu Broncocu (Yr). A Welsh name for the REDBREAST. 
Hoppy Craw or Huppy Craw: The CARRION-CROW. 
(South Scotland.) 
HOLBOLL’S REDPOLL [No. 22]. A rare vagrant from the 
Polar regions. Of doubtful distinction from the MEALY 
REDPOLL. 
Hotianp Duck: The SCAUP-DUCK. (Forfarshire.) 
Hoitianp Hawk : The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. (Ballan- 
trae, Scotland.) 
