182 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Prnut: The MAGPIE. (Notts., Cheshire.) A corruption 
of Pianet. 
PiopEN y Mér or Piocgen y Mér: The OYSTERCATCHER. 
(North Wales) lit. “ sea-pie.”’ 
PioGEN, PiopEN, or Pia. Welsh names for the MAGPIE; 
hit: Ries: 
PIOGEN GOCH, PioGEN-y-cozkD: The JAY. (North Wales.) 
The first signifies “‘ red magpie,” the second “ wood magpie.” 
PiogHarp. A Gaelic name for the MAGPIE. 
Pres or Pope: The PUFFIN. (Cornwall.) 
Preit: The MEADOW-PIPIT. Fr. Pipit from Lat. pipio, 
lit. a “piper” or nestling ; pigeon is from the same root. 
Prerr Lark: The TREE-PIPIT. (Pennant.) Montagu’s Pipit 
Lark is no doubt the MEADOW-PIPIT. 
PIRENET or PIRENNET: The SHELD-DUCK. (Scotland.) A 
corruption of “‘ Pied ent”? ( Pied Duck). 
PrrrE: The COMMON TERN. (Ireland.) 
Pisan Cuckoo : The GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO. (Latham.) 
Pir Martin : The SAND-MARTIN. (Craven, Yorkshire.) 
Pir Sparrow. A _ local, Cheshire name for the SEDGE- 
WARBLER and also the REED-BUNTING. From their 
frequenting small ponds locally called pits; Holland also 
gives Spit Sparrow for the Reed-Bunting in Cheshire. 
PLOUGHMAN’s Birn: The REDBREAST. (Lofthouse, near 
Wakefield.) 
PioverR: The LAPWING, generally. From Fr. Pluvier, Old Fr. 
Plovier, probably from Lat. pluvia, rain. 
PLOVER’s PaGE: The DUNLIN is so called in parts of Scotland 
and in the Shetlands (Saxby), from its habit of flying in 
company with the GOLDEN PLOVER. In the Orkneys the 
name is given to the JACK SNIPE (Dunn). 
PLUM-BIRD or PLUM-BUDDER: The BULLFINCH. (Shrop- 
shire.) From its habit of picking the buds of fruit trees. 
PocHARD, PocKARD or PoKER. See COMMON POCHARD. 
PoKkE PuppDING, PoKE Bag, or Pupprne Baa: The LONG- 
TAILED TITMOUSE. (Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Nor- 
folk.) From the shape of the nest (poke—pocket). 
Polish Swan. An aberrant phase of the MUTE SWAN, in 
which the cygnets are white, instead of dark grey. It was 
first described by Yarrell (“ P.Z.S.,” 1838, p. 19) as a 
separate species. 
