PHEASANT—PIE. ~ bis 
PIANET, PIEANNOT, PIANNOT, PINOT, PYNOT, PYENATE, PIANATE 
or PyaneT. Provincial names for the MAGPIE (North 
England), from Lat. pica. Pyanet occurs in Merrett (1667) 
and Pianet in Willughby and later authors. (See “ Pie.’’) 
PIBHINN (pronounced pee veen.) A Gaelic name for the 
LAPWING. (Western Isles.) From its cry. 
Prsypp ppv: The PURPLE SANDPIPER. (North Wales) 
lit. “‘ black piper.” 
PIBYDD GwyRDD : The GREEN SANDPIPER. (North Wales) 
lit. “‘ green piper.” 
Pispypp tun1aF: The LITTLE STINT. (North Wales) lit. 
“lesser piper.” 
PIBYDD LLYDANDROED: The GREY PHALAROPE. (North 
Wales) lit. ‘‘ broad-footed piper.” 
PipypD RHUDDGOCH: The DUNLIN. (North Wales) lit. 
“ruddy piper.” 
PIBYDD Y TRAETH. A Welsh name for the COMMON SAND- 
PIPER, and also the SANDERLING (North Wales) ; 
lit. “piper of the sand.” Another name for the first 
species in North Wales is Pibydd y dorlan (=piper of 
the streamside). 
Picarmni: The AVOCET. Montagu gives it as a provincial 
name. 
Pick: The BAR-TAILED GODWIT. (Norfolk.) 
PickATEE: The BLUE TITMOUSE. (Notts.) 
Pick-A-TREE. A Northumberland name for the GREEN 
WOODPECKER. (Wallis.) 
PickcHEESE: The BLUE TITMQUSE. (Norfolk.) 
PIcKEREL: The DUNLIN. (Scotland.) 
Picke-Ta or ProcatarRy: The ARCTIC TERN. (Orkneys 
and Shetlands.) 
Pickin: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Teesdale.) 
PICKIE, PICKIE-BURNET, PICKIE-MAW, PICKMAW, PICKMIRE, 
PICK-SEA, or PICTARNIE. Scottish Border names for the 
BLACK-HEADED GULL. 
PICcTARNIE: The COMMON TERN. (East Lothian, Fife.) 
Occurs in Sibbald as ‘‘ Pictarne.” 
Piz. A provincial name for the MAGPIE. Occurs in Turner 
(1544) as “Py,” and in Aldrovandus (1599) as “‘ Pie, 
Pij.” Mid. Eng. mie or pye, from Fr. pie, Lat. pica, 
Welsh piog, Scott. piet, a Magpie. The name is applied also 
to many other birds which present more or less of black 
and white in their plumage. (See “ French Pie,” etc.) 
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