STANDGALL—STOCK. bar 
SterncaLL: The KESTREL. An equivalent of “stannel” 
(q.v.). Occurs in Turner (1544) as a name for this species. 
STEINKLE: The WHEATEAR. (Shetlands.) 
STELLER’S EIDER [No. 306]. The name is found in Yarrell 
(1843) as Steller’s Western Duck. Itis the Western Pochard 
of Selby. 
Srenor. An old Cornish name for a Wagtail. 
Srmrtm: The STARLING. (Orkney and Shetland.) 
Stern: The BLACK TERN. Turner says that this species, 
formerly a common bird with us, was so termed in local 
dialect. 
Srern Cock. A provincial name (quoted by Jesse) for the 
MISTLE-THRUSH. Probably an equivalent of “Storm 
Cock” (q.v.). The A.Sax. storm and German sturm come 
from the same root as Lat. sternere (—to strew or prostrate) 
and have the same significance. 
Stitt Prover. A name for the BLACK-WINGED STILT. 
Strinkury. A Shetland name for the WHEATEAR. It is a 
corruption of “ stone-clink ” (q.v.). 
Strvt or Snent. A local term on the coasts of our islands for 
the DUNLIN, as well as the LITTLE STINT, SANDER- 
LING and other small shore-birds. Wiilughby applies it 
to the DUNLIN. It occurs as “ Stynte ” in the Northum- 
berland Household Book, A.p. 1512. 
Srrx. A Cornish name for a Screech Owl (? BARN-OWL). 
Stock ANNET: TheSHELD-DUCK. (EastScotland.) Accord- 
ing to Jamieson it signifies Stock ené (i.e. Stock Duck). 
STOCK-DOVE [No. 346]. Said to be so called from its being 
supposed to be the stock bird from which our domesticated 
pigeons were derived: it is, however, doubtful whether 
the narne may not refer to the bird’s habit of nesting in the 
*“ stocks ” of trees. The name occurs in Turner (1544) as 
““stocdove,” in Barlow (1655) as ‘‘ Stock-dove,” in Merrett 
(1667) as “‘ Stock-Dove or Wood-Pidgeon,” and in Willughby 
(1678) as ‘‘ Stock-Dove or Wood-Pigeon.” Pennant calls 
it “Stock Pigeon, or Stock Dove,” while Montagu unites 
it with the ROCK-DOVE and thinks they form one species. 
Stock Duck: The MALLARD. (Orkney and Shetland.), because 
it is considered to be the stock from which the tame varieties 
have sprung. 
STocK-EEKLE or STocK-EIKLE: The GREEN WOODPECKER. 
(Staffordshire, Worcestershire.) The word stock (Dan. or 
Norse stock, A.Sax. stoc) is in one sense synonymic with stuck 
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