192 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
RED-HEADED BUTCHER-BIRD: The WOODCHAT SHRIKE. 
(Albin.) 
RED-HEADED Fincu: The LINNET (Pennant); the LESSER 
REDPOLL (Swainson). 
RED-HEADED PocHarD: The COMMON POCHARD. (Selby.) 
RED-HEADED SmMEW: The female SMEW. (Pennant.) It is 
a Holy Island name for the young. 
RED-HEADED SpaRROow: The TREE-SPARROW. (Albin.) 
Nelson and Clarke give it as a Linton-on-Ouse (Yorkshire) 
name. 
RED-HEADED Wi1GEoNn : The COMMON POCHARD. (Pennant.) 
In local use in Cheshire and Northumberland. 
Rep Hoor: The BULLFINCH. (Dorset.) 
Rep Kire: The KITE. (Macgillivray.) 
Rep Lark: The AMERICAN WATER-PIPIT. Occurs in 
Edwards (‘‘ Gleanings,” pl. 297), Pennant, etc. 
RED-LEGGED Crow: The CHOUGH. The name used by 
Pennant, Lewin, Latham, Walcott, Montagu and other old 
writers. Nelson and Clarke give Red-legged Daw as a local 
Yorkshire name. 
RED-LEGGED Fatcon: The RED-FOOTED FALCON. 
RED-LEGGED Gopwit: The SPOTTED REDSHANK. 
(Bewick.) 
RED-LEGGED GuLL: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. (Iveland.) 
Also Red-legged Pigeon Mew in Norfolk. 
RED-LEGGED HorsEMAN: The REDSHANK. (Albin.) 
RED-LEGGED JACKDAW: The CHOUGH. (North Ireland.) 
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE [No. 469]. The name first 
occurs in Willughby (1678). It was not formerly an 
indigenous species in our islands, having first been intro- 
duced in Suffolk about 1770, while it has since spread 
throughout the south-eastern counties. 
RED-LEGGED SANDPIPER or SNIPE: The REDSHANK. (Pro- 
vincially.) The former name is also applied to the RUFF 
(without its ruff). Red-leg is also a Norfolk name for the 
Redshank, and Red-legs a Yorkshire one for the same species. 
Rep Linnet: The GOLDFINCH (Cheshire); the LINNET 
(Hampshire, West Yorkshire); the LESSER REDPOLL 
(West Yorkshire). 
Rep Lose-root: The RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. (Selby.) 
ReEp-NECK: The COMMON POCHARD. (Cheshire.) 
ReED-NECKED BeERNIcLE-GoosE: The RED-BREASTED 
GOOSE. (Macgillivray.) 
