266 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
YELLOW WILLOow WreEN: The WOOD-WARBLER. (Bewick.) 
It is also found in White’s Selborne as Yellowish Willow- 
Wren. 
YELLOW WrREN: The WILLOW-WARBLER. So called from 
the prevailing tint of its plumage by many old authors. 
The name is also applied to the WOOD-WARBLER. 
YELLOW YALE or YITE, YELLOW YELDRIN, YELLOW YOWLEY : 
The YELLOW BUNTING is so called in some parts of 
Scotland. Yellow Yowley is also a Yorks. name. 
YELLOW YOWLING, YELLOW YITE, YORLIN, YIRLIN, YELDROCK, 
or YELDRIN. Northumberland names for the YELLOW 
BUNTING. 
YELPER: The AVOCET. From its cry. Montagu gives it as 
a provincial name. 
YEORLING : The YELLOW BUNTING. (Berwick.) 
YOKEL or YUKEL: The GREEN WOODPECKER. (Provincial.) 
YOULRING or YOWLRYNG : The YELLOW BUNTING. Turner 
(1544) has ‘‘ Yowlrying,” while Sibbald (1684) calls it 
“Yellow Youlring.” Yellow Yoldring or Yoldring is a 
Yorkshire name. 
YSGRAELL, YSGRECHEN. Welshnames for the COMMON TERN. 
The first signifies “rattle? and the second “screamer,” 
from its harsh cry. 
YseutHan. A Welsh name for the RING-DOVE; lit. “ cooing 
bird.” Also applied to the STOCK-DOVE and ROCK- 
DOVE. 
Ysniten. A Welsh name for the COMMON SNIPE; lit. 
““ snipe.” 
Yswipw LAs FAcH: The BLUE TITMOUSE. (North Wales) lit. 
“little blue tit.” 
Yswipw Liuwyp FACcCH: The MARSH-TITMOUSE. (North 
Wales) ; lit. “little grey tit.” 
Yswipw’k co—ED: The GREAT TITMOUSE. (North Wales) 
lit. ‘‘ wood titmouse.”’ 
YuUCKEL or YocKkEL: The GREEN WOODPECKER. The 
former is a Wiltshire and the latter a Shropshire name. 
ZetTHaR. A Cornish name for the ‘Sea Mew or Gull.” 
(Harting.) Perhaps the COMMON GULL. 
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