170 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
NUTHATCH [No. 86, British Nuthatch]. Occurs in Wil- 
lughby (1678). Turner (1544) has “‘ Nut jobber ” and “ Nut- 
seeker.”’ Another Old English form is ‘‘ Nuthack,” the name 
being derived from its habit of hacking or hammering at 
nuts which it first fixes in the crevice of the bark of a tree. 
Hartert has separated the British resident form from the 
Continental form, hence the change of name. 
NUTJOBBER or JOBBIN, NUT TAPPER, or NUT TOPPER: The 
NUTHATCH. (England.) Equivalent of Nuthatch. 
Nyroca Duck: The FERRUGINOUS DUCK. (Selby.) Also 
called Nyroca Pochard. 
Oak Jackpaw. Aname forthe JAY. (Hett.) 
Oat-EAR: The YELLOW WAGTAIL. (Hett.) See Oatseed 
bird. 
Oat-FowL: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Orkneys.) From its 
feeding on oats (Swainson). 
OATSEED-BIRD: The YELLOW WAGTAIL; or the GREY 
WAGTAIL in Yorkshire, according to Swainson, whe says 
it is because it makes its appearance about March, and is 
then more abundant in those elevated parts which are better 
adapted for the growth of oats than wheat. 
OH DEE-AR. Saxby gives this as a Shetland name for the 
GOLDEN PLOVER. 
Oxe: The RAZORBILL. A corruption of Auk (Icel. alka). 
OLtp HarpwekaTHER. A name for the male GOLDENEYE. 
Also the Tufted Duck. 
OxLp Maip: The LAPWING. (Worcestershire.) For a possible 
explanation of this name, by a Danish belief that the Lap- 
wings are metamorphosed old maids, see ‘“‘ Notes and 
Queries,” ser. 11, vol. x, p. 49. 
OLtp Man: The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (Cheshire.) 
OF, Ovp, or OtrH: The BULLFINCH. (Suffolk and Norfolk.) 
A form of “‘ Alp.” 
OLIVACEOUS GALLINULE: The LITTLE CRAKE. (Montagu.) 
OtrvE: The OYSTERCATCHER. (Essex.) Mr. Miller 
Christy thinks it is a corruption of Olaf (or Olave), the name 
of the Danish King. It is found in Albin as a name for 
this species. 
OoLERT or OwLERD: The BARN-OWL. (Shropshire.) Cor- 
ruption of Howlet. 
OossEL: The BLACKBIRD. (North Yorkshire.) A corrup- 
tion of Ouzel. 
