249 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
TsHauHa. A Cornish name for the CHOUGH ; also the JACK- 
DAW (?). 
Ts1-kuK. A Cornish name for the SWALLOW;; lit. “ house- 
cuckoo.” 
TsKEKKER Erruin. A Cornish name for a Titmouse, or 
Furzechat. 
Tuer or Turr: The LAPWING. (West Yorkshire, Lancashire 
and Westmorland.) From its cry. 
TUFTED DUCK [No. 300]. The name occurs in Willughby 
(1678) and in all succeeding authors, and is derived from the 
bird’s pendant crest of narrow feathers. Selby calls it 
“Tufted Pochard,” and it also occurs as “ Tufted Wigeon.” 
Turtep Sxart: The SHAG. (Provincial.) From its tuft or 
crest on the head. 
TuLiac: The GREAT SKUA. (Provincial.) 
TuLLeT: The RINGED PLOVER. (Cheshire.) 
TumBLEeR: The BLACK-HEADED GULL (Redcar, Yorks.) 
TurkEy Birp: The WRYNECK. Because it ruffles the neck- 
feathers when disturbed. | 
TURNSTONE [No. 368]. The name occurs in Edwards (pl. 141) 
as the “'Turnstone from Hudson’s Bay.” Pennant (1766) 
has ‘‘ Turnstone”’ only. The name arises from the bird’s 
habit of turning over small stones, etc., in seeking its food. 
TurtTLeE. Albin gives this as a Bass Rock name for the BLACK 
GUILLEMOT, and says it is on account of its laying two 
eggs, 
TURTLE-DOVE [No. 348]. From Fr. towrterelle, der. from Lat. 
Turtur. The name is found in Chaucer, who speaks of 
“the wedded turtil with her hearté trewe.” It occurs in 
Turner (1544) as “turtel duve,” in Merrett (1667) as 
“Turtle Dove,” and in Willughby as “ Turtle-dove.” 
Pennant (1766 ed.) has ‘‘ The Turtle,” while later writers 
call it the “Common Turtle,” but Bewick (1797) and 
succeeding authors revert to the name Turtle-Dove. 
TurtLe-poveE. A Holy Island (Northumberland) name for the 
BLACK GUILLEMOT. 
Turtur: The TURTLE-DOVE. (North Wales.) 
Twink: The CHAFFINCH. From its note. Occurs in 
Montagu. 
TWITE [No. 20]. This name, derived irom its call-note, is 
first found in Albin (1738). Willughby, Pennant and other 
old authors call it the Mountain Linnet. It is sometimes 
also called Twite Finch (North Yorkshire). 
