214 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
not much exceeding a sparrow, which made a foul spoil 
of the apples. Their bills were thwarted crosswise at the 
end, and with these they would cut an apple in two at one 
snap, eating only the kernels.” In this case, of course, 
the meaning ascribed to the name by Swainson and others 
is incorrect. 
SHELLCOCK, SHERCOCK. Local Cheshire names for the MISTLE- 
THRUSH. (Coward and Oldham.) 
Suet, Duck: The SHELD-DUCK. (Lancashire.) The 
GOOSANDER is so called on the Shannon. 
SHELL-TURNER. A name for the RINGED PLOVER. (Hett.) 
Surep or SHeppy: The STARLING. (North and West York- 
shire.) 
SHEPSTER, SHEPSTARE, or SHEPSTARLING: The STARLING. 
Equivalent to Sheep-Stare and Sheep-Starling. The first 
is a Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Northern Counties name, the 
second and third are Craven (Yorkshire) names. 
Suercock. A Lancashire and Yorkshire name for the MISTLE- 
THRUSH. The etymology is doubtful; it may be, how- 
ever, that ‘‘sher” is acorruption of shire (A.Sax. scer) as in 
sheriff, hence the literal signification would he “ cock of the 
shire.” Hett gives ‘‘ Shirley Cock” for the same species. 
SueriFr’s Msn: The GOLDFINCH. (Shropshire.) From its 
bright plumage, suggesting a showy livery. 
SHETLAND WREN. See WREN. 
SHEILDRAKE : The SHELD-DUCK. (Pennant.) 
SHipsTerR, SHIp-STARLING. Yorkshire names for the 
STARLING ; ship is a corruption of sheep. 
SHOE-AWL or SHOEING-HORN: The AVOCET. From the shape 
of its bill. 
Spoor: The ARCTIC SKUA. (Shetlands.) Imitative of its 
cry. 
SuHore-BirD: The SAND-MARTIN. Occurs in Merrett and 
also in Willughby. 
SHORE-LARK [No. 64]. The name is found in Gould’s “ Birds 
of Europe.” 
SHORE-SANDPIPER : The GREEN SANDPIPER (?) Occurs in 
Bewick. 
SHorE Snrpz: The COMMON SANDPIPER. (Perth.) 
SHorE TEETAN: The ROCK-PIPIT. (Orkneys). 
SHORT-EARED OWL [No. 225]. The name first occurs in 
Pennant (1766). 
