210 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Sea Gout or Sea Cop: The COMMON GULL. (Merrett.) 
Turner (1544) also has “Se-cob or see-gell,” and he tells 
us the species is so named from countrymen likening their 
cries to the word “ cob.” 
SEA GuLL: Properly the COMMON GULL, but loosely applied 
to any species of Gull. The name occurs as “Sea Gull” 
in Barlow’s plates (1655). 
Sea-GuLL Hawk: The HEN-HARRIER. (Connemara.) 
Sea Hen: The young or female of the COMMON SCOTER 
(Northumberland); also the COMMON GUILLEMOT 
(Northumberland, Durham and East Lothian). Occurs in 
Albin for the latter species. 
Sea Kirtie: The KITTIWAKE GULL. (Norfolk and Suffolk.) 
Sea-LarK: The RINGED PLOVER. (Merrett to Pennant.) 
Still a provincial name. Also applied sometimes to the 
ROCK-PIPIT; the SHORE-LARK (Yorkshire); the 
DUNLIN (Cheshire, North Ireland, Scotland); and the 
SNOW-BUNTING, SANDERLING and the TURNSTON# 
({freland). 
Sea Linnet: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Cheshire.) 
Sea Lintre: The ROCK-PIPIT. (East Lothian.) 
Seamas RvuA’. A Gaelic name for the PUFFIN. (Western Isles) 
lit. ““ Red James.” . 
Sra Maw or Sta Mew: The HERRING-GULL, the COMMON 
GULL and the BLACK-HEADED GULL (Scotland) ; also 
the COMMON GULL (Yorkshire). 
Sea Mouse: The PURPLE SANDPIPER. (Northumberland.) 
Bolam says it is an occasional name for the species from the 
fearless manner in which the bird runs about the weed- 
covered rocks within a few feet of the intruders. Also 
a name for the DUNLIN (Lancashire and Dumfries). 
Sea NanpieE: The OYSTERCATCHER. (Yorkshire.) 
Sea Parrot: The PUFFIN. (Northumberland, Yorkshire, 
Norfolk.) 
SEA PEEK: The DUNLIN. (Forfar.) 
SEA PHEASANT: The LONG-TAILED DUCK (Northumberland, 
Yorkshire) ; also the PINTAIL (Hampshire, Yorkshire and 
Dorsetshire). Occurs in Willughby for the latter species. 
SEeA-Piz: The OYSTERCATCHER was formerly so called, by 
the older writers from Willughby to Pennant. It is still 
a common provincial name for the species. 
Srea-PreT: The OYSTERCATCHER. (Northumberland.) 
