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Smaton or SmatcHE: The WHEATEAR. Occurs in Turner 
(1544) and Merrett. Newton says it is an equivalent of 
Chat. 
Smer Duck: The SMEW. (Norfolk.) Also applied in the same 
county to the WIGEON and the COMMON POCHARD. 
SmporacH. A Gaelic name for the SONG-THRUSH. Graham 
thought it to be from smedr, to grease, “‘ probably from the 
smoothness of its liquid notes.” 
Smev, SmeutH, or SmootH: The WILLOW-WARBLER. 
(Stirling.) 
SMEW [No. 314]. In Willughby (1678) the name Smew occurs 
in the text (p. 338), the species being described, however, 
under the heading of ‘‘ White Nun,” which Newton thinks 
is the male name, from the hooded appearance of its head, 
Smew being the female. Pennant, however, gives Smew as 
the male name, and “ Lough Diver” as the female. The 
name Smew Merganser is also applied to this species. 
Smoky: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (Northumberland.) ‘“‘ As 
mild as a Smoky ” is a local proverb. 
Smoot. A name for the HEDGE-SPARROW. (Hett.) 
Smupan. A Gaelic name for the RING-DOVE. 
SnaBBY: The CHAFFINCH. (Kirkcudbright.) 
SnaitH or SnytH: The COOT. (Orkneys.) From Icel. 
~ Snaud-ur=bare, in reference to the bare frontal plate. 
SNAKE-BIRD: The WRYNECK. (Southern English counties.) 
Perhaps from the hissing noise it makes when disturbed 
while sitting, or else from its habit of twisting its head and 
neck. 
Snapper: The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Swainson.) 
Snent. A Berwick name for the DUNLIN and other small 
shore-birds : a corruption of Stint. 
Snipe: The COMMON SNIPE. (Merrett and Willughby.) 
Also the general colloquial name for the species. 
SNIPE-BILLED SANDPIPER: The RED-BREASTED SAND- 
PIPER. 
Snipe Hawk: The MARSH-HARRIER. (South of Ireland.) 
Snrpen : The COMMON SNIPE. (North Wales.) An equiva- 
lent of “* Snipe.” 
Snrppick or Snrppack: The COMMON SNIPE. (Orkney and 
Shetland.) 
SNorTER: The WHEATEAR. (Dorset.) Swainson thinks it 
is from its cry. 
