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Wure: The SWIFT. (West Riding, Yorkshire.) 
WHISHEY-WHEY-BEARD: The WHITETHROAT. So called 
in many parts of Scotland. (Gray.) 
WuHisHIE: The WHITETHROAT. (Kast Lothian.) 
WHISKER-BIRD : The CORN-BUNTING. (Hett.) 
WHISKERED TERN [No. 413]. So called from the white 
stripe running backward from the gape. The name is 
found in Yarrell. It is the Moustached Tern of Gould 
(“‘ Birds of Europe,” pt. xv). 
WuisttER: The GOLDENEYE and the WIGEON. Also 
applied to the RING-OUZEL. (Wicklow). 
Wuistitinc Duck: The COOT. (Renfrew.) 
WHIsTLING PLoveR: The GOLDEN PLOVER. (Norfolk, 
Renfrew.) From its clear whistle. Occurs in Merrett, and 
Montagu gives it as a provincial name. Swainson also 
applies it to the GREY PLOVER. 
WuistLine SANDPIPER: The GREEN SANDPIPER. 
Wuisttingc Swan: The WHOOPER SWAN. (Selby, Jenyns, 
Gould.) Used locally in Northumberland. 
WuistLInec THrusH or Wuistiinc Dick. A Thames Valley 
name for the SONG-THRUSH. (Swainson.) 
WHITE-AND-Dusky GREBE: The SLAVONIAN GREBE. 
(Pennant.) 
WHITE-BACKED DovE: The ROCK-DOVE. (Macgillivray.) 
Waitt Baker: The SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. (Provincial.) 
WHITE-BELLIED Swirt: The ALPINE SWIFT. (Gould.) 
WHITE-BILLED NORTHERN DIVER [No. 342]. A close 
ally of the GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, but with the 
bill yellowish-white at all seasons. 
WHITE-BREASTED BiLackBiRD: The RING-OUZEL. 
WHITE-BREASTED WARBLER. Macgillivray’s name for the 
LESSER WHITETHROAT. 
WHITE-BREASTED WEET-WEET. Macgillivray’s name for the 
SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 
Wuitt-caP: The male REDSTART. (Salop., Yorks.) From its 
white forehead ; also a name for the WHITETHROAT. 
WuitE Crow: The BLACK-HEADED GULL. 
WHITE-EYED Duck: The FERRUGINOUS DUCK is so called 
by some authors. 
Wuits-FAcED Crow: The ROOK. From the bare whitish skin 
on the face. 
WHITE-FACED Diver: The COOT. (Ireland.) 
