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KITTIWAKE GULL [No. 437]. Often known as “ Kittiwake ” 
. simply. The name first appears in Sibbald (1684), but 
Ray (<< Itinerary,” 1671) has Cattiwike, derived from an 
attempted rendering of its cry. Willughby calls it “ Bello- 
nius’s ash-coloured Gull, called in Cornwall Tarrock,” and 
under the latter name the immature bird was treated of 
up to the time of Montagu as a supposed distinct species. 
Kirry Carew: The MANX SHEARWATER. (Provincial.) 
Kirry Coot: The MOORHEN. (Dorset.) 
Krrry Wren or Kirry-ME-Wren. A Border name for the 
WREN, where according to Bolam it takes the place of 
the familiar name Jenny Wren. In Yorkshire it occurs 
also as “ Kitty” only. 
KniFE-BILL: The PUFFIN. (Provincial.) 
KNOT [No. 371]. The name Knot occurs in Willughby, who 
remarks that ‘“‘King Knout” is reported to have been so 
fond of them that from him they got the name of Kntos 
or Knouts. The authority for the derivation of the name 
from Canute appears, however, to rest with Camden (1607) 
who has “ Knotts, i. Canuti aves.” Du Bartas (‘“ Divine 
Weekes and Wordes,”’ 1633) calls it “Gnat-snap.” Sir 
Thomas Browne has “Gnatts or Knots” (see Newton’s 
“Dict. Bds.”? on this latter). Buffon calls it Le Canut. 
Drayton (‘“ Polyolbion,” 1613) speaks of it as— 
The Knot that called was Canute’s Bird of Old. 
In winter-plumage it was distinguished by Pennant and 
other writers under the name of ‘“‘ Ash-coloured Sandpiper.” 
Knot. The RINGED PLOVER is so called about Belfast. 
(Swainson.) 
Kwnot-Curtew. A name for the WHIMBREL. (Hett.) 
Krocket: The OYSTERCATCHER. (Aberdeen.) 
Kryssar. A Cornish name for the KESTREL. 
Kyte: The KITE. (Turner, Blome, ana others.) 
Kyvettak. A Cornish name for the WOODCOCK. 
LaBBE: The ARCTIC SKUA. (Bewick.) 
LACHA-BHLAR. A Gaelic name for the COOT. 
LACHA CHINN NAINE. A Gaelic name for the MALLARD. 
LacH. CHotonsa. A Gaelic name for the EIDER Duck 
(—Cclonsay Duck.) 
Lapy Birp: The PINTAIL. (Dublin Bay.) 
Lapy-FrowL. Said te be a name for the WIGEON. 
Lapy Hen: The SKY-LARK. (Shetlands.) Signifies “Our 
Lady’s Hen.” 
