ENGLISH BIRD NAMES. 
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“Puckeridgef 
* Blood lark ... 
Titlark ... 
“Longpod ... 
“Chaffey 
Nettlecreeper 
Galley bird 
Nightjar 
Tree pipit 
Meadow pipit 
Longtailed tit 
Chaffinch 
Whitethroat 
Green woodpecker 
From North Marston, Bucks ; 
Leighton Buzzard : — 
* Redwing felt 
Gor-crow ... 
“Thresher ... 
*Thin thresher 
* Water washdisher 
* Yellow washdisher 
“Chink, and *Chink chawdy 
*Dicky 
“Heckle or Heekle 
Kedtail 
Molly-herne 
Bum-barrel 
Green linnet 
sent by Mr. H. G. Ward, 
Redwing 
Carrion crow 
Song thrush 
Missel thrush 
Water wagtail 
Yellow wagtail 
Chaffinch 
Wren 
Green woodpecker 
Redstart 
Heron 
Long-tailed tit 
Greenfinch 
From Appleby, Westmoreland; sent by Miss A. J. Heelis : — 
Spinkie 
Yellow-hammer 
“Tinny oolet 
Owl 
Dawp 
... Carrion crow 
“Dykie 
... Hedge sparrow 
“Mountain throstle 
... Missel Thrush 
“Long-neck... 
Heron 
Teufit 
Plover 
Bessie - ducker (pronounced 
“ dooker ”) 
Water ouzel 
Norfolk names sent by “ J 
W. M” : — 
Dow 
... Wood pigeon 
Fuller 
... Fieldfare 
*Dow-fulfer 
Missel-thrush 
From Swaffham, Norfolk ; 
sent by the Miss Harrisons 
Bloodalf or Bloodelf 
Bullfinch 
King Harry \ 
Draw-water j 
Goldfinch 
Golder 
... Yellow-hammer 
“Billy owl ... 
... Barn owl 
“Hedge creeper ... 
Hedge sparrow 
“Denshman... 
... Carrion crow 
| Mr. Swainson says : “ In many places (e.g., in the South of England and in 
some parts of Ireland) it is considered that animals either become blind or are 
infected with disease after being sucked (as they are supposed to be by the night- 
jar — hence its name, goat-sucker). The country people in West Sussex call this 
complaint ‘ puck ’ or ‘ ptickeridge ’ — perhaps from Puck, a malignant sprite — and 
the bird itself ‘puck-bird.’ ” 
