216 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Srpitous BusH-HopperR. A name for the GRASSHOPPER- 
WARBLER. 
SmpANGYNFFON. A Welsh name for the WAXWING. 
SirFsaFF: The CHIFFCHAFF. (North Wales). Imitative of 
its song. 
Sietp1iewt. A name for the PIED WAGTAIL and WHITE 
WAGTAIL in South Wales; lit. “ shake-tail.” 
SIGLEN FELEN: The YELLOW WAGTAIL. (North Wales) 
lit. “ yellow wagtail.” 
SIGLEN LLwypD: The GREY WAGTAIL. (North Wales) lit. 
“ grey wagtail.” 
Sixx Tart: The WAXWING. It seems to occur first in the 
“ Phil. Trans.” for 1685, p. 1161. 
SILVER-EYED GUILLEMOT or SILVER-EYED Scout: The Ringed 
Guillemot. The latter is a local name amoug the West of 
Scotland fishermen (Gray), and is given as a Yorkshire 
name by Nelson and Clarke. 
SitvER GREBE: The RED-THROATED DIVER. (Kent.) 
According to Swainson. 
SILVER OwL: The BARN-OWL. (Forfar.) 
SILvER PLtoveR: The GREY PLOVER. (Cheshire, Yorkshire, 
and Scotland.) 
SitveR PocHarD : The SCAUP-DUCK. (Yorkshire.) 
SILVERY GuLL: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 
(Pennant); also the HERRING-GULL (Ireland). 
Srmnerne Trr~arK. A name for the TREE-PIPIT. 
SISKIN [No. 19]. The derivation is probably from the Dan. 
Sidsken, or Swedish Siska, a chirper. The name “ Siskin ” 
occurs in Turner (1544), also in Merrett and Willughby. 
SITHE-BILL: The GLOSSY IBIS. (Willughby.) 
SIT-YE-DOWN : The GREAT TITMOUSE. (Provincial.) Imi- 
tative of its note. 
SKAIT-BIRD: The ARCTIC SKUA. (Old Scots.) Perhaps 
from skite—to mute. 
SKEEL Duck or SkEEL GoosE: The SHELD-DUCK. (Scot- 
land). Occurs in Sibbald as Skeeling Goose. 
SKEER Devin or Skin Deviz: The SWIFT. (Devonshire, 
Somersetshire. ) 
SKELDRAKE : The SHELD-DUCK (Bewick.) Also the OYSTER- 
CATCHER. (Orkneys.) From the parti-coloured plumage. 
ree Duck: The SHELD-DUCK. (Northumberland, York- 
shire.) 
