YARN—YELLOW. 265 
In Aberdeenshire, according to ‘“ Folklore Journal,” 
there exists the following saying— 
Yallow, yallow, yarlin’ 
Drinks a drap o’ deevil’s-bleed 
Tika Monday mornin’. 
In the West of Scotland (Aird’s ‘‘ Old Bachelor in the Old 
Scottish Village”’) it becomes— 
Half a puddock, half a toad, half a yellow yorling, 
Cries for a drap o’ the deil’s bluid every Monday morning. 
In Yorkshire I believe the saying runs— 
A brock, a toad and a yellow yeorling 
Drink a drop o’ the deil’s blood 
Every May morning. 
Chambers gives another Scottish version as— 
Half a puddock, half a toad, 
Half a yellow yorling ; 
Drink a drop o’ the de’il’s bluid 
Every May morning. 
YELLOW-HAMMER. Theoldername of the YELLOW BUNTING. 
Synonymous with Yellow Ammer (q.v.). 
YELLOW-LEGGED GuLL: The LESSER BLACK-BACKED 
GULL. (Fleming.) 
YELLOW-LEGGED HERRING-GULL [No. 432]. A Mediter- 
ranean species, distinguished by the bright yellow of its 
tarsi and feet. 
YeELLtow Motty: The YELLOW WAGTAIL. (Hampshire.) 
YELLOW OwL: The BARN-OWL. (Provincial.) 
YELLOW PLovER: The GOLDEN PLOVER. (Bewick.) 
YELLOW Pott or GOLDEN Heap: The male WIGEON. (East 
Treland.) 
YELLOWSHANK [No. 392]. So called from its bright yellow 
tarsi and feet. 
YELLOW-SHANKED SANDPIPER: The immature RUFF. Found 
in Yarrell (Ist ed.). It is the Yellowshanks of Pennant. 
YELLOW THROATED BexE-Eater. Macgillivray’s name for the 
BEE-EATER. 
YELLOW WAGTAIL [No. 79]. This species, sometimes called 
Ray’s Wagtail, and named by Bonaparte in 1838 in honour 
of Ray, was for long considered the same as the Continental 
BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. The Yellow Water-Wagtail 
of Willughby, Pennant, etc., may therefore be taken as 
the name of this species. The GREY WAGTAIL is also 
mis-called the Yellow Wagtail by country people. Thompson 
gives it as a popular name for this species in Ireland. 
