248 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
WHEATSEL Brrp: The male CHAFFINCH. (Norfolk.) So 
called, according to Gurney, from their congregating in 
autumn about the season of wheat sowing. 
WHEEL-BIRD: The NIGHTJAR. Montagu gives it as a 
provincial name, and Swainson says it is a Stirling name. 
From its jarring noise resembling that made by a spinning 
wheel. 
WHEELIEVE: The WILLOW-WARBLER.  (Hett.) 
WuHEETY WHEYBEARD, WHEETIE Wuy, WHEYBEARD, WHITTIE 
BEARD. Provincial names for the WHITETHROAT, 
because its light-coloured head and neck-feathers stand 
out so thickly. 
WHET-ILE: The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Essex, Herts.) 
From A.Sax. thwitan, to cut. 
WHEWER: The female WIGEON. (Willughby). Bewick also 
gives Whim and Pandled Whew, while Pandle Whew is a 
Norfolk name according to Swainson. Whew is a Northum- 
berland name for the species, said to be derived from the 
whistling-call of the male. 
Wuitk : The COMMON SCOTER. (Provincial.) 
Wuim: The WIGEON. (See under Whewer.) 
WHIMBREL [No. 405]. The name occurs in Willughby (1678). 
Skeat says it is derived from the bird’s cry, resembling 
** whim.” 
WHIMBREL CurLEW: The WHIMBREL. (Pennant.) 
WHINCHACKER, WHINCHECK, WHIN CLocHARET. North Country 
names for the WHINCHAT, of which name they are 
equivalents. 
WHINCHAT [No. 83]. So called from its habit of perching on 
whinbushes, and uttering its monotonous note, syllabled 
“ y-tick.”” Occursin Willughby (1678) and most subsequent 
authors. Macgillivray calls it Whin Bushchat. 
WHINDLE and WHEENERD. Two old names for the REDWING, 
perhaps from the local German Weindrusile and Winsel 
(Newton). 
Wuin-GREY: The LINNET. (North Ireland.) 
Wutn-Lintizr. A Border name for the LINNET. (Lintie= 
Linnet). Whin-Linnet is also a Scots name. 
Wutn Sparrow: The HEDGE-SPARROW. (East Lothian.) 
Wuinyarp: The SHOVELER. (Waterford.) The COMMON 
POCHARD. (Wexford.) Swainson says whinyard is a 
name for a knife resembling a Shoveler’s bill in shape. 
