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Stonr-Fatcon : The immature MERLIN. (Cheshire, Yorkshire, 
North Wales, Scotland.) Occurs in Willughby. 
STronEGALL: The KESTREL. An equivalent of “stannel” 
(q.v.). Occurs in Merrett, who calls the species a “Stannel 
or Stonegall.” 
StonenatcH: The RINGED PLOVER. (Pfrovincial.) So 
called because it lines the hollow it makes for its eggs 
with small stones. 
Srone-Hawk: The MERLIN (Cheshire, Yorkshire) ; also the 
KESTREL (Cheshire). 
Stone-Piover : The BAR-TAILED GODWIT. Occurs in Wil- 
lughby. The Stone Plover of Ray’s “Synopsis Avium ” 
(p. 105), however, appears to be the BLACK-TAILED 
GODWIT. The name has also been used to denote both 
the RINGED PLOVER and the STONE-CURLEW 
(England), also the GREY PLOVER (Ireland). 
STONEPRICK or STONEPRICKER: The STONECHAT. (Wirral, 
Cheshire.) 
Stone-RAw: The TURNSTONE. (Armagh.) 
STONE-RUNNER: The RINGED PLOVER (Norfolk) and 
the DOTTEREL (Norfolk). 
StonE-sMicH or StonE-smita: The STONECHAT. The latter 
form occurs in Bewick (1797) and the former in Willughby. 
Stone Torusu: The MISTLE-THRUSH. (Cheshire, Dorset.) 
Stork. See WHITE STORK. 
StorM-Brrp : The MISTLE-THRUSH. (West Sussex.) Swain- 
son also gives it as a Norfolk name for the FIELDFARE. 
(See Storm Cock.) 
Storm Cock: The MISTLE-THRUSH is known by this name 
throughout the greater part of England (particularly the 
Northern and Midland counties) but also locally in Hamp- 
shire, Sussex and other Southern counties, because it usually 
commences to sing in January and continues through the 
rough weather of February and March; generally, more- 
over, singing from the topmost wind-rocked branch of a 
still-leafless tree. Swainson also gives it as a name for the 
FIELDFARE in Shropshire and Scotland. 
Storm-Fincnh: The STORM-PETREL. (Orkneys). Occurs in 
Bewick. 
Storm-GuLt. A name for the COMMON GULL. (Hett.) 
STORM-PETREL [No. 319]. Occurs in Jenyns (1835) as 
“‘Storm-Petrel.” Pennant in his folio edition (1766) calls 
it Little Petrel, but in the later editions it is called Stormy 
