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SHORT-HEELED Firtp Lark: The TREE-PIPIT. (Montagu.) 
Because the hind claw is not so long as the toe itself. 
Swainson says it is a Scottish provincial name. By 
inference the SKY-LARK is the Long-heeled species. 
SHort Horn Ow: The SHORT-EARED OWL. (Fleming.) 
SHORT-TOED LARK [No. 59]. The name is found in Gould’s 
‘* Birds of Europe ” (pt. xv, 1835). 
SHORT-WINGED Woop-WREN. A name for the CHIFFCHAFF. 
(Macgillivray.) 
SHOULFALL: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Sibbald.) 
SHovELARD. An old name for the SPOONBILL. Occurs in 
Turner (1544) and in Merrett (1667) ; also occurs as Shovelar 
and Sholard. 
SHOVEL-BILL: The SHOVELER. From its spatulated bill. 
SHOVELER [No. 295]. The name arises from the spatulated 
or spoon-shaped terminal part of the bill. It is found in’ 
Willughby and most succeeding authors. 
SHRED Cock: The FIELDFARE. (Shropshire.) 
SHRIEK or SHREEK: The GREAT GREY SHRIKE. An equi- 
valent of Shrike (q.v.). 
SHRIEKER : The BAR-TAILED GODWIT and BLACK-TAILED 
GODWIT. (Norfolk.) 
SHRIEK OwL: The SWIFT. (Provincial.) 
SHRike. Usually the GREAT GREY SHRIKE. Occurs in 
Turner for this species. 
SHrittcock: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Cheshire.) From its 
loud song. 
Surimp-caTtcHeR: The LITTLE TERN. (Norfolk.) 
SHRITE or SHRErTcH : The MISTLE-THRUSH. The first occurs 
in Willughby (1678), and the second in Charleton (1668) 
and Sibbald (1684). The former name, at any rate, is a 
provincialism still in use. The derivation appears to be 
from A.Sax. Scric, to screech (see Shrike). Swainson spells 
it “ Skrite.” 
SHUFFLE-wInG: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Craven.) So 
called from its peculiar shake or fluttering of the wings. 
SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF. See CHIFFCHAFF. 
SIBERIAN GoosE: The RED-BREASTED GOOSE. (Bewick.) 
SIBERIAN PECTORALSANDPIPER. See PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 
Siberian Ruby-throat. This species is a relative of the well- 
known “ Bluethroats,” and of the Nightingales. It is 
said to have been observed at Westgate-on-Sea, but is not 
yet admitted to the British List. 
