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236 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
Tern: The SANDWICH TERN. (Northumberland.) Dis- 
tinguished locally by its larger size than other species as 
“the Tern ” or “‘ Large Tern ” (Bolam). 
Trevcuet, Teuvcuit, Tewuit, Tewer, TEAFIT, or TEwrrr: The 
LAPWING: (North country and Scotland.) So called 
from its cry. 
TEuK: The REDSHANK. (Essex.) From its cry. 
TuHack or THATCH SPARROW: The HOUSE-SPARROW. (Nor- 
thants., Shropshire.) 
TuHicK-BILL: The BULLFINCH. (Lancashire, Yorks.) 
THICK-BILLED GuILLEMoT: BRUNNICH’S GUILLEMOT. 
(Provincial.) 
THICK-BILLED NUTCRACKER. See NUTCRACKER. 
THICK-KNEED Bustarp: The STONE-CURLEW. From the 
thick swollen appearance of the knees when young. Occurs 
in Pennant (1766) and other writers to Montagu. Also found 
as Thick-knee. 
Tuin-NECK: The PINTAIL. (Holy Island.) 
TuHrn-THRESHER. A name for the MISTLE-THRUSH. (Hett.) 
TuirsTLE: The SONG-THRUSH. (Devonshire, Cornwall, Shrop- 
shire.) A corruption of Throstle. 
THISTLE-cock : The CORN-BUNTING. (Orkneys.) 
THISTLE FINCH, THISTLE-BIRD, or THISTLE-wARP: The GOLD- 
FINCH. (Provincial.) The first name occursin Willughby. 
Tuomas GiERDET. Hett gives this as a name for the RED- 
BREAST. 
THORN-GREY: The LINNET. (Ireland.) THorn LINNET is a 
Yorks. name for the same species. Hett gives Thorney- 
grey asa name for the LESSER REDPOLL. 
THORN WARBLER: The SEDGE WARBLER. (E. Cleveland.) 
THREE-TOED Quart: The Andalusian Hemipode. 
THREE-TOED SAND-GROUSE: PALLAS’S SAND-GROUSE. 
THRESHER : TheSONG-THRUSH. (Provincial.) 
TuricEk Cock. A Midland and North of England name for the 
MISTLE-THRUSH. In use in Cheshire and Shropshire, 
and Jesse (“ Gleanings,” 2nd ser.) gives it as a Staf- 
fordshire name. The literal meaning is “ thrush cock,” 
thrice being from A.Sax. thrysce=thrush. 
Turoc, TuHroccy, or THRoLLIE: The SONG-THRUSH. 
(Cheshire.) The third form also occurs in North Yorkshire. 
A corruption of ‘ Throstle ” (q.v.). 
