180 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Prep CuarrincH : The SNOW-BUNTING. (Albin.) 
Prep Crow: The HOODED CROW. (Provincial.) 
Prep CurrEe. An old gunner’s name for the GOLDENEYE 
in parts of the South and West of England. 
Prep Diver: The SMEW. (Provincial.) 
Prep Frincn, Pirerrmcu, or Pypie: The CHAFFINCH. 
(Cheshire.) From the pied plumage of the male. Other 
variants in the Midlands are Pea Finch and Pine Finch. 
PIED FLYCATCHER [No. 116]. Appears to be found first 
in the 4th ed. of Pennant. In the folio edition it is called 
Coldfinch, as in Willughby and Edwards. 
Prep Mountain Frnco: The SNOW-BUNTING. Occurs in 
Willughby and in Albin. 
Prep OystTER-CaTcHER: The OYSTERCATCHER. So called 
by Pennant, Montagu and other old writers. 
PIED WAGTAIL [No. 81]. It is described by Turner (1544) 
under the heading of Culicilega of Aristotle, and he gives it 
the name of “ Wagtale”’ merely. It occurs in most old 
authors as White Wagtail, Pied Wagtail first appearing in 
Bewick (1797) although its distinctness from the White 
Wagtail of the Continent was not pointed out by Gould 
until 1832. In Gaelic its name, according to Gray, is 
Breac-an-t’-sil, signifying a plaid, from the resemblance 
of its plumage to that article. In Cornwall, where it is 
known as the “tinner,” one perching on a window-sill is 
said to be a sign of a visit from a stranger. Bolam gives 
it as a Border belief that the bird ought always to wag its 
tail nine times on alighting, and before beginning to run 
about or feed ; should the number be less or more, it is very 
unlucky for the person who is counting. 
PIED WHEATEAR [No. 172]. This Asiatic and South-east 
European species was first recorded for the British Islands 
in the ‘‘ Aunals of Scottish Natural Hist.,”’ 1910, p. 2. 
Prrp WicEon. A provincial name for the GARGANEY and the 
GOLDENEYE. (Montagu.) 
PrED WooDPECKER : The GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER. 
(Bewick.) 
Pre-FincH : The CHAFFINCH (Upton-on-Severn) ; the HAW- 
FINCH (Notts.). 
Pir-Nanny: The MAGPIE. (Yorkshire.) 
Prenet : TheOYSTERCATCHER. (Provincially.) A diminu- 
tive of “Pie.” Also the MAGPIE (see Pianet). 
