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Drayton also alludes to the popular belief in the unluckiness 
of the “scritch-owl’s dismal note.” That a Screech Owl 
“hooting” near the house is a sign of death has been 
recorded as a Berkshire belief (“‘ Folklore,’’ December, 1894), 
while in Reed’s “ Old Plays ” (v1, p. 357) we find :— 
When Screech-owls croak upon the chimney tops, 
It’s certain that you of a corse shall hear. 
ScREMERSTON Crow: The HOODED CROW. (Roxburgh.) 
From the large numbers which frequent the sea-shore in the 
neighbourhood of that place (Swainson). 
Screw or Devin ScrEw: The SWIFT. (Ackworth, Yorkshire.) 
SoRIACHAG CHOILLE. A Gaelic name for the JAY ; lit. “‘ wood 
screech.” 
Scripptineg Lark: The YELLOW BUNTING. (Cheshire, 
Yorkshire, Northants.) From the scribble-like markings 
on its eggs. Also occurs as Scribbler. 
Scutnt. A name for the GREAT SKUA. 
Scurry. A Hampshire and Sussex name for the WREN. Pro- 
bably for “Cutty.” (See “‘ Cutty Wren.”’) 
Sra-Auk: The RAZORBILL. (Scarborough.) 
SEA-BLUE BIRD OF Marcu: The KINGFISHER. (Poetical.) 
Sra Cock: The GREY PLOVER. (Waterford.) 
Sra Crow. A provincial name for the CORMORANT 
(Montagu); the RAZORBILL (Orkney and Shetland) ; 
the COMMON GULL (Yorkshire) ; the BLACK-HEADED 
GULL (Cheshire, Yorkshire); the HOODED CROW 
(Northumberland, Yorkshire); the CHOUGH (Ireland). 
According to Swainson the name has also been applied 
to the GREAT SKUA. 
Sza Dorrret: The TURNSTONE. (Willughby.) Bewick 
gives Sea Dotterel. It is also an obsolete name for the 
RINGED PLOVER. 
Sza-Dove. A Scots name for the LITTLE AUK. 
Sea Dovir: The BLACK GUILLEMOT. (Forfar.) 
Sna-EaGLE: The OSPREY; also the WHITE-TAILED 
EAGLE. The two were much confused by the older 
authors. Occurs as “Sea Eagle” in Merrett (1667) who 
says it is notably found in Cornwall, and also in Willughby, 
but the latter adds the name “‘ Osprey.” Pennant and later 
writers have “Sea Eagle, or Osprey,” but their Sea-Hagle 
is generally the immature White-Tailed Eagle. Even 
Montagu in 1802 describes the Cinereous or White-Tailed 
Eagle, the Sea Eagle (Falco ossifragus, Linn.) and the 
Osprey. (‘See WHITE-TAILED EAGLE.) 
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