218 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Stas. A North Countryname forthe WRYNECK. (Swainson.) 
SLATE-BACKED THROSTLE: The FIELDFARE. (Yorkshire.) 
SLAVONIAN GREBE [No. 337]. Occurs as “Sclavonian 
Grebe ” in Montagu’s “ Orn. Dict.” (1802) and the name is 
often so spelt. Jt is the Horned Grebe of Latham and the 
“* Black-and-white Dobchick ” of Edwards. 
SLEIGHTHOLME THROSTLE: The SNOW-BUNTING. (Arken- 
garthdale, Yorkshire.) 
SLENDER-BILLED CURLEW [No. 407]. A West Siberian 
species of which three examples were obtained in Kentin 1910. 
SLENDER-BILLED NuTCRACKER. See NUTCRACKER. 
Sticut Farcon. An old falconer’s name for the PEREGRINE 
FALCON. (Sebright.) 
Sty Goose: The SHELD-DUCK. (Orkneys.) From its crafti- 
ness. Sly Duck is also a Yorkshire name for the species. 
SMALL BarrED WooppPEcKER: The LESSER SPOTTED 
WOODPECKER. (Provincial.) 
SMALL Brown Gut: The immature COMMON TERN.  (Pen- 
nant.) 
SMALL CuRLEW. A name for the BLACK-TAILED GODWIT; 
also the ESKIMO-CURLEW. 
SMALL Diver: The SLAVONIAN GREBE. (Humber.} 
SMALL DovckEeR: The LITTLE GREBE. (East Lothian.) 
SmaLL DuckER: The LITTLE GREBE. (Yorkshire.) 
SMALLER ReEpport Linner: The LESSER REDPOLL. 
(Macgilliviay.) 
SmatL Grey GoosE: The BEAN-GOOSE.  (Provincial.) 
Occurs in Montagu. 
Smatt Maa: The COMMON GULL. (Shetlands.) Maa= 
Mew or Gull. 
SmaLL Purt: The LITTLE TERN. (Norfolk.) 
Smauy Sporrep WATER-HEN : The SPOTTED CRAKE. (Pen- 
nant.) 
Smatt-Straw. A Yorkshire name for the smaller warblers 
which build nests of dried grass, etc. 
SmaLt Woop-PicEon : TheSTOCK-DOVE. (Northumberland.) 
SmatsteR: The WHITETHROAT. (Cheshire.) Perhaps a 
corruption of “Small Straw.” (See below.) 
SmasTRAY (=—SmaALL Straw): The GARDEN-WARBLER. 
(Cheshire.) Small Straw is a name for this bird, as well 
as the WHITETHROAT and other species, in Yorkshire. 
From the materials used for the nest. 
