250 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
WHITE-FACED Duck: The SCAUP-DUCK. From the broad 
white band round the base of the bill. 
WHITE-FACED Goose: The WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 
White-faced Barnacle is also a name for the BARNACLE- 
GOOSE. 
WHITE FINcH or WHITE-WING : The CHAFFINCH. 
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [No. 275]. The name is first used 
by Pennant (‘‘ Brit. Zoology,” fo. ed., 1766) and is derived 
from the white feathers round the base of the bill and on 
the forehead. It is the “ Laughing Goose ” of Edwards. 
WHITE-FRONTED ReEpsTart. Macgillivray’s name for the 
REDSTART. 
Wuitrt GAME or WHITE ParTRIDGE: The PTARMIGAN. 
(Willughby.) 
WuitEe Grouse: The PTARMIGAN. (Bewick.) 
Wuitr Hawks. A falconer’s term for Hawks of the third year. 
WHITE-HEADED CoRMORANT: The CORMORANT.  (Spring.) 
WHITE-HEADED GOOSANDER: The SMEW. (Fleming.) From 
its white crest. 
WHITE-HEADED GULL: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 
(Northumberland.) 
WHITE-HEADED Harpy. A name for the MARSH-HARRIER. 
From its whitish crown. 
WHITE-HEADED LONG-TAILED TirmousE. See NORTHERN 
LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE. 
WuttE Hoorine Owt, or OwLEtT or HowLeEtT: The TAWNY 
OWL. (Merrett.) Based on the Ulula aluco of Aldro- 
vandus (p. 538). 
WuiTE JERFALCON : The ICELAND FALCON. (Pennant.) 
Waite Kite or Wuirt Hawk: ‘The HEN-HARRIER. 
(Donegal.) 
WuitEe Lark or WHITE Buntrnc: The SNOW-BUNTING. 
(Cheshire.) White Lark or White-winged Lark are also 
Norfolk names for the species. 
WHITE-LEGGED GoLpFINcH : The GOLDFINCH. After second 
moult. (Hett.) 
Waite LintieE: The WHITETHROAT. (Forfar.) 
WuitE Maa: The HERRING-GULL. (Shetlands.) 
Waitt MerGAnsEeR: The SMEW. (Devonshire.) 
Wuitt Nun: The SMEW. (lIreland.) Occurs in Willughby- 
From the white crest with the black nape suggesting a 
hood. 
