204 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
RUSSET-PATED CHouGH. Shakespeare mentions (‘‘ Midsummer 
Night’s Dream,” act 11, sc. 2) :— 
Russet pated choughs, many in sort, 
Rising and cawing at the gun’s report. 
The term “ russet-pated ”’ has aroused a good deal of con- 
troversy. Mr. Harting considers it to refer to the JACK- 
DAW, and a few years ago in the “ Zoologist ” he defended 
at some length his opinion that “ russet ” might denote the 
grey nape of this bird. Professor Newton, on the other 
hand, seems to have preferred to read it “ russet-patted ”’ 
(i.e., red-footed), making the passage refer to the CHOUGH. 
Mr. Harting has shown (as will be seen in the present work 
under “‘ Chough ’”’) that the word ‘‘ chough ” did not always 
apply to Pyrrhocorax graculus; yet on the other hand he 
admits that Shakespeare in other cases refers always to 
the Jackdaw as the “ daw.” 
Russet WHEATEAR: The BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR. 
The name is found in Latham, and it is figured by Edwards 
(pl. 31). It is also called Russet Chat. 
RUSTIC BUNTING [No. 51]. The name is an anglicization of 
Pallas’s name Hmberiza rustica. 
SABINE’S GULL [No. 423]. The name is found in Jenyns and 
was adopted by Yarrell and succeeding authors. It is the 
Sabine’s Xeme of Eyton. 
Sabine’s Snipe. A melanism of the COMMON SNIPE, for long 
supposed to be a distinct species. 1t was first described 
by Vigors-in a communication to the Linnean Society 
(‘Trans.,” vol. x1v), from a bird shot in Queen’s County, 
Treland, in 1822, while many others have been obtained 
from time to time. 
Sapcock, SEDcocK, SEDGECOCK, SETTcOcK. Local Cheshire 
names for the MISTLE-THRUSH. (Coward and Oldham.) 
SADDLE-BACK: The GREAT and LESSER BLACK-BACKED 
GULLS. (Yorkshire.) From the saddle-shape of the dark 
mantle. Swainson gives Greater Saddle-back as an Irish 
name for the former. 
Sarip Foot. A Shetland name for the LESSER BLACK- 
BACKED GULL. (Saxby.) 
Sr. CuTHBERT’s Duck : The COMMON EIDER. (Northumber- 
land.) 
Sr. GrorGe’s Duck: The SHELD-DUCK. Occurs in Montagu. 
St. Kizpa Wren. See WREN. 
Sarrnh: The MISTLE-THRUSH. The name occurs in Merrett 
(1667). 
