206 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
SAVI’S WARBLER [No. 131]. This species was first recorded 
from the Cambridgeshire Fens in 1840 and was known to 
breed there up to the year 1856. It was named in honour 
of Savi, the Italian ornithologist, who first described the 
species in 1824. The name appears in Yarrell (1843). 
Saw-BEER: The GOLDEN PLOVER. Mr. Robert Godfrey 
informs me that this name is used “in one locality lying 
to the south of the Pentland Hills in this county (Mid- 
Lothian) and is distinctly an effort to syllable the wail of 
the bird.” It recalls Saxby’s version “‘ Oh dee-ar.” 
SawBitL: The GOOSANDER and the RED-BREASTED 
MERGANSER. (Scotland, Yorkshire, and Northumber- 
Jand.) Also occurs as Saw-neb (Aberdeen) for both species 
and Sawbill Wigeon (Galway) and Sawbill Duck (York- 
shire) for the RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. 
SAWFINCH, SAWFITCH, SAWFILER, SAW-SHARPENER, SAW-WHET : 
The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) So called from 
its song resembling the sound of saw-sharpening. According 
to Swainson, in some parts of the country these notes are 
considered to portend rain, but Bolam says that on the 
Border the reverse is the belief. 
ScaLp Crow: The HOODED CROW. (Ireland.) 
ScaLE DRAKE: The SHELD-DUCK. (Orkneys.) 
SCALLOP-TOED SANDPIPER: The GREY PHALAROPE. (Pen- 
nant, 1766.) 
ScaMEL. Occurs in Shakespeare (‘‘ The Tempest,” act m1, sc. 2) 
and has been erroneously surmised to be intended for 
‘““stannel”’ (the KESTREL), q.v. Mr. H. Durrant tells me 
that in Norfolk the female of the BAR-TAILED GODWIT 
is known as the “scamel.” Swainson gives ‘‘Scammel ” 
as a Norfolk name for the Bar-Tailed Godwit. Newton 
thinks it a misprint for “‘Seamel” (i.e. Sea-Mew) or 
‘“*Stannel ”’ (a Kestrel). 
ScANDINAVIAN CurFFcHAFF. See CHIFFCHAFF. 
SCANDINAVIAN ROCK-PIPIT [No. 73]. This Scandinavian 
form of our ROCK-PIPIT is known to occur in our Islands 
on migration. It was first recorded as British by Booth. 
ScARBH (pron. scarrav) : The SHAG. (Western Isles of Scotland.) 
ScaRE-crow: The BLACK TERN  (Willughby); the 
HOODED CROW (Montagu). 
ScarF: The SHAG (Shetlands) and also the CORMORANT. 
From Gael. scarbh, Icel. Skarfr. Swainson, however, derives 
both Scarf and Scart from A.Sax. scega, a beard, derivate 
of SHAG. 
