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QUICK ME DICK: The QUAIL. (Oxfordshire.) Imitative of 
its call-note. 
QuicksTaRT: The REDSTART. (Ireland.) 
QuINK or QuincK-GoosE. A fowler’s name for the BRENT 
GOOSE : thought to be from its note. 
Qtis: The WOODCOCK. (Wiltshire.) 
RADDE’S BUSH-WARBLER [No. 129]. An Eastern Siberian 
species named in honour of Radde, who described it in 
1863. 
RaFrer or RaFrrerR Brrp: The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER is 
so called from its nesting on rafters in old buildings. 
(Montagu.) 
Ratt: The LAND-RAIL. Occurs in Willughby as the “ Rail 
or Daker-hen.” Sometimes also used for the WATER- 
RAIL. 
RAIN-BIRD, RAIN-FOWL, or RaAIn-PIE: The GREEN WOOD- 
PECKER. (Provincial.) “ Rayn byrde” is found in 
Turner, “ Rainfowl” occurs in Willughby, and Wallis tells 
us it was so called in Northumberland. It is still a country 
belief that when the cry of this bird is much heard rain 
will follow. 
Rain Goose: The RED-THROATED DIVER. (Caithness, 
Orkneys and Shetlands.) From its cry being thought to 
foretell rain. 
RateH. A name for the RAVEN. (Swainson.) 
RaLpHiE: The CORMORANT. (Whitby, Yorkshire.) 
RaMaAGE-Hawk. In falconry a young hawk that can fly and 
prey for itself. Ramage is also used to denote a wild or 
coy hawk. 
Rantock: The GOOSANDER. (Orkneys.) 
Rat-BiRD, Rat-HEN: The WATER-RAIL. (Sedbergh, York- 
shire.) 
Raton: The LITTLE AUK. (Shetlands.) Probably a corrup- 
tion of Rotch or Rotchie. 
Rat Goose: The BRENT-GOOSE. Swainson thought it to be 
from its note (“‘ rott.’’) 
RATTLE-THRUSH : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Yorkshire.) From 
its harsh note. 
RatTTLE-wines. A fowler’s name for the GOLDENEYE. 
(Norfolk.) 
RAVEN [No. 1]. From A Sax. hrefn, hrefn, a Raven: in Mid. 
Eng. becoming raven, the initial h being dropped. Skeat 
says it is derived from the cry and has no connexion with 
