168 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
NiMBLE-TAILOR: The LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. (Shrop- 
shire.) 
NINE-KILLER: The RED-BACKED SHRIKE. According to 
Willughby, where this name occurs, it is a translation of 
the German Neghen-doer (Mod. Germ. Neuntédter), a term 
applied because it, was supposed to kill nine birds or other 
creatures every day. The name is, however, older than 
Willughby, for it is found in Turner (1544) as “ Nyn- 
murder,” and the latter gives the German equivalent as 
**Nuin miirder ” (= neunmérder). 
NocturnAL GOATSUCKER: The NIGHTJAR. (Pennant.) 
Noppy: The COMMON GUILLEMOT. (Whitby, Yorkshire.) 
Noddy Tern. Thename is found in Gould (“‘ Bds. Eur.,” pt. 21) 
and the species was included by Yarrell (1st ed.), it being 
said, on insufficient evidence, to have occurred in our 
islands. Noddy is originally a name applied by sailors to 
the bird on account of its stupid habits; being probably 
derived from Fr. nodden, a sleepy nodding of the head : 
hence signifying sleepy-headed or foolish, the word “ noodle ”’ 
being akin. 
Nore: The BULLFINCH. (Staffordshire, Shropshire.) Occurs 
in Drayton’s Polyolbion x11, also in Willughby. Newton 
thinks it to be a corruption of some form of Alp (q.v.): the 
original word perhaps being “an ope.” In Dorset it 
becomes “‘ Mwope.” 
NorFoik PLovEeR: The STONE-CURLEW. Montagu gives it 
as a provincial name. It appears to have been first used 
by Pennant (1766) for the species. 
Norrie. A Shetland name for the PUFFIN. (Saxby.) 
Norman Gizer: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Osxfordshire.) 
The meaning is uncertain, although Gizer is probably from 
Gise (Old.Fr. gister) signifying a pasturer, from its habit of 
frequenting fields. Swainson gives Norman Thrush as a 
Craven name for this species. 
NORTH AMERICAN PEREGRINE [No. 234]. This species 
is almost invariably known in America as the Duck Hawk. 
NortH Cock: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Aberdeen.) 
NortHEeRN BurxiFincy: The large North European form of the 
BULLFINCH. 
NorTHerN Diver: The GREAT NORTHERN DIVER. 
(Pennant.) 
NortHERN Dovcker: The BLACK-THROATED DIVER. 
Montagu gives it as a provincial name. 
NorTHERN Futmar: The FULMAR PETREL. (Jenyns.) 
