174 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 29, 1911. 
dler Duck, Long-Legged Duck, La. (Mc- 
Ilhenny). 
31. (Swan) Olor columbianus*. —Cygne, La. 
(Mcllhenny). 
32. Rallus crepitans saturatus. —Prairie Hen, La. 
(Mcllhenny). 
33. Rallus virginianus. —Coot, Santee, S. C.; Bull, 
Mississippi Delta, La. 
34. Coturnicops noveboraccnsis *.— Rice - Field 
Rail, La. (Beyer). 
35. Ionornis martinicus*.- —Marsh Hen, Mammy 
Coot, Santee, S. C.; Blue Rail, La. (B., A. 
and K.). 
36. Gallinula galcata. —Bald Coot, Santee, S. C.; 
Rale Poule-D’Eau, La. (Beyer) ; Poule 
D’Eau de Marais, La. (Mcllhenny). 
37. Fulica americana. —Blue Pond Hen, Ponka- 
pog, Mass. C. W. Beckham says 10 it is 
known by the Creole name of Poulet Dean 
at Bayou Sara, La. 
I cannot avoid thinking that this sup¬ 
posed name has been made over by mis¬ 
take or even by typographical error from 
the genuine Creole name Poule D’Eau. 
My reasons are: the two are so similar 
that a mistake is easily possible; dean is 
not French, and in other French and Eng¬ 
lish combinations the stem word is French 
and the modifying English word precedes 
the stem word in accordance with English 
usage. 
38. Recurvirostra americana *. — Becassine de 
Mer, La. (Mcllhenny). 
39. Himantopus mexicanus *. — Becasse du 
Marais, La. (Mcllhenny). 
40. Philohela minor. —Becasse, La. (B., A. and 
K.) ; Becasse du Bois, La. (Mcllhenny). 
41. Gallinago delicata. —Becassine, La. (B., A. 
and K.) ; Cache-Cache, La. (Mcllhenny) ; 
Mississippi Delta, Vermillion Bay, La. 
42. Macrorbamphus griseits scolopaceus. —Dor- 
meur, La. (Beyer and Mcllhenny) ; Chef 
Menteur, Cameron, La.; Sleeper, Gum 
Cove, La. 
43. Micropalama himantopus *.— Mottled Sand¬ 
piper, Currituck Sound, N. C. 
44. Tringa canutus. —Gray Plover (in autumn), 
Currituck Sound, N. C. 
45. Pisobia maculata. —Cherook, Churook or 
Chorook. Throughout lower Louisiana. 
46. Pisobia fuscicollis*. — White-Tailed Sea- 
Chicken, 11 Currituck Sound, N. C. 
47. Pisobia minutilla —Smallest Sea-Chicken, 
Currituck Sound, N. C. 
48. Pelidna alpina sakhalina. —Ti (contraction of 
petit?) Ventre Noir, La. (Mcllhenny). 
49. Ereunetes pusillus *. —Medium Sea-Chicken, 
Currituck Sound, N. C. 
50. Calidris Icucopluea*. —White Sea - Chicken, 
Clam Chaser, Currituck Sound, N. C. 
51. Limosa fedoa. —-Becassine, Sea-Snipe, La. 
(Mcllhenny). 
52. Totanus melanoleucus. — Pied Jaune, La. 
(Mcllhenny). Klook-Klook, La. (B., A. 
and K.). This name applied to T. flavipes 
also. 
53. Helodromas solitarius. — Swee - Sweet, La. 
(Mcllhenny). 
54. Catoptrophorus semipalamatus. —Tell Tale, 
La. (Beyer) ; Vive Vire, La. (Mcllhenny). 
10 B. N. O. C., VI r., 1882, p. 165. 
u This begins a set of names having as a base the term 
“sea-chicken,” which is applied to all of the smaller 
shore birds at Currituck Sound. A similar term is “sand- 
chicken” in use about Georgetown, S. C. 
55. Tryngites subrudcollis*. — Churook, Robin 
Snipe, La. (Mcllhenny). 
56. Actitis macularia*. — Siuee-Swm, Mississippi 
Delta, La. 
57. Nmnenius americanus.- —Corbigeau, La. 
(Beyer). 
58. Squatarola squatarola. —Gros Yeux, Ventre 
Noir, La. (Mcllhenny). 
59. Chqradrius dominions. —Bighead, Lowland 
Plover, Chef Menteur, La.; Gros Tete, La. 
Mcllhenny). 
60. Ochthodromus wilsonianus*. — Collier, La. 
(Mcllhenny). 
61. Arenaria interpres. —Oyster Bird, Matagorda, 
Tex. 
A list of the local names of non-game birds 
also has value for ornithologists, but to realize 
its greatest usefulness it should be constructed 
on the same p’an as Trumbull’s “Names and Por¬ 
traits”; that is, it should include none but fully 
verified names, with which should be cited the 
localities in which they are used. 
The following set of names consists merely of 
the unusual ones heard by the writer in the 
course of field work in recent years, plus Creole 
names derived from the sources previously men¬ 
tioned. In no sense of the word are the cita¬ 
tions for any species held to be complete. 
62. Podilymbus podiccps'~. —Gray Pond Hen, 
Ponkapog, Mass.; Diver, Santee, S. C.; 
Cottontail, Menasha, Ark. 
63. Plialacrocorax species.—Cormorants go by 
the name of Nigger Geese at St. Vincent 
Island, Fla., and Chef Menteur and Mis¬ 
sissippi Delta, La. 
64. Ajaia ajaja. —Flamant, Gum Cove, La. 
65. Gaura alba. —Beccroche, La. (B., A. and K.) ; 
White Beccroche, Chef Menteur, La.; Cur¬ 
lew, Southern Florida. 
66. Plegadis guarauna. —Beccroche, Gum Cove, 
La.; Black Beccroche, Chef Menteur, La. 
67. Mycteria americana. —Gourd Flead, Gum 
Cove, La. In common use north to Mis¬ 
souri and Illinois. 
68. Botaurus lentiginosus. ■ — Garde-Soleil, La. 
(Beyer); Chef Menteur, La.; Sun Gazer, 
Chef Menteur, La.; Gaze-Soleil (probably 
incorrect), La. (B., A. and K.) ; Indian 
Pullet, Santee, S. C. 
69. 7 xobrychus exilis. —Fly-up-the-Creek, Curri¬ 
tuck Sound, N. C. 
70. Ardea herodias. —Poor Joe, La. (Beyer) ; 
Santee, S. C. 
71. Butorides virescens. —Cap-Cap, La. (Beyer) ; 
Chef Menteur, La. 
72. Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius. —Gros Bee, La. 
(Beyer). Used throughout lower Louis¬ 
iana and applied to Nystanassa violacea 
also (B„ A. and K.) ; Scow, Quawk, Cur¬ 
rituck Sound, N. C.; Gawk, Bittern, St. 
Vincent Island, Fla.; Qua-Bird, Chef 
Menteur, La. 
73. Grus americana. —Grue Blanche, La. (Mc¬ 
llhenny). 
74. Grus mexicana. — Grue Bleue, La. (Mc¬ 
llhenny) . 
75. Elainoidcs fordcatus. —Club Boy, Santee, S. C. 
76. Circus hudsonius. —Georgia Boy, Santee, S. 
C.: Chock-a-la-Taw, Chef Menteur, La. 
12 A list of names of this non-game bird is given by 
Trumbull (p. 82), to which the three here mentioned are 
additions. 
77. Falco sparverius. —Cleek-Cleek, Chef Men¬ 
teur, La. 
78. Otus asio.— Shivering Owl, Church's Island, 
N. C. 
79. Colaptes auratus. —In spite of Frank L. 
Burns’ formidable compilation of 124 
names for the flicker, three more have 
turned up. Graywacker, eastern shore of 
Maryland (H. C. Oberholser) ; Looping 
Bird, Church’s Island, N. C.; Flying 
Auger, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. 
80. Chordeiles virginianus. —West Indian Bat, 
Church’s Island, N. C. 
81. Muscivora fordcata.- —Kingbird, Chef Men¬ 
teur, La. 
82. Tyrannus tyrannus. —Gros Grasset, La. 
(Beyer) ; Black-Crested Flycatcher, La. 
82a.Myiarchus crinitus. — Yellow Flycatcher, 
Caille de Laurier, La. 
83. Icterus spurius. — Pape de Prairie, La. 
(Beyer). 
84. Icterus galbula. —Pape Aurore, La. (Beyer). 
85. Megasquiscalus major. —Chock, Chef Men¬ 
teur, La.; Crow-Jack, Vinton, La. 
86. Passerina cyanea. —Blue Pop, Chef Menteur, 
La.; Eveque, Pape Bleu, La. (Beyer). 
87. Passerina ciris. —Pape Rouge, La. (Beyer) ; 
female, Green Pop; male, Red Pop; Chef 
Menteur, La. Beckham in his Bayou Sara, 
La., list says: 13 “They are called ‘Pops’ 
here, the derivation of which I could not 
make out.” Pop is merely the English 
fonetic spelling of the French name “pape” 
(pope) by which these birds are known to 
irreverent Louisianians. 
88. Piranga rubra. —Quaker, La. (Beyer) ; fe¬ 
male called Yellow Caille; 14 male, Red 
Caille, Chef Menteur, La. 
89. Hirundo erythrogastra. — Skimmer, Red- 
Breasted Swallow, Chef Menteur, La. 
90. Bombycilla cedrorum. —Murier, La. (Beyer) ; 
Ortolan, Bayou Sara, La. (Beckham). 
91. Lanins ludovicianus. — Flat-Head, Galveston, 
Tex.; Dumb Mockingbird, Vinton, La. 
92. Vireosylva olivacea. —Grasset, La. (Beyer). 
93. DumeteWa carolinensis. —Black Caille, Chef 
Menteur, La. 
94. Toxostoma rufum. — Speckled Caille, Red 
Mockingbird, Chef Menteur, La.; Sandy 
Mocker, Fredericksburg, Va.; Annapolis, 
Md. 
95. Hylocichla mustelina. — Caille Pivelee, La. 
(Beyer). 
96. Sialia sialis. —Bastard Robin, Chef Menteur, 
La. 
INDEX TO NAMES OF GAME BIRDS. 
Automniere, 9 
Bald coot, 36 
Bald wigeon, 7 
Baldy, 7 
Becasse, 40 
Becasse du bois, 40 
Becasse du marais, 39 
Becassine, 41, 51 
Becassine de mer, 3S 
Bee Scie, 2 
Bee Scie de mer, 1 
Bee Scie, Sea, 1 
Big bluebill, 15 
Bighead, 59. 
Bird, Oyster, 61 
Black duck, 4, 5, 17 
Blackie, 17, 26 
Black iack, 17 
Bluebill, 7 
Bluebill, Big, 15 
Bluebill, Broadbill, 15 
Bluebill, Canvasback, 15 
Goose, Bullneck, 28 
Goose, Ring-neck, 26 
Goose, Speckle-breast, 25 
Goose teal, 22 
Grayback, 16 
Gray brant, 24, 25 
Gray duck, 7 
Gray plover, 44 
Gros tete, 59 
Gros yeux, 58 
Hairy Crown, 2 
Hen, Blue Pond, 37 
Hen, Marsh, 35 
Hen, Prairie, 32 
Horse duck, 14 
Ice duck, 7a 
Ireland mallard. 5 
Klook-Klook. 52 
Lake duck, 16 
Little ducks, 16 
Lowland plover. 59 
Mallard, Ireland, 5 
J:1 R. N. O. C., VII., 1882, p. 163. 
14 Caille-quail. A component of many Creole bird names, 
probably used much as the word deer in our expression 
“mice and other small deer.” 
(Continued on page 196.) 
