Common Redstart. Red-tail; Fire- tail.
Stonechat. Stone-chuck.
Whinchat. Furr-chuck.
- "Furr" is a corruption of Furze.
Wheatear. White-rump ; Coney- chuck;* Chock (Sir T. Browne).
Sedge Warbler. Sedge-marine.
- I am unable to conjecture the derivation of this name, which has been communicated to me
by Mr. F. Norgate as in use on Hickling Broad.
Nightingale. Barley-bird (Forby).f
Blackcap Warbler. King Harry Blackcap ; Black-headed Hayjack.
Greater White throat. Hayjack.
- This name is also applied to the Lesser Whitethroat and to the Garden Warbler.
Willow Warbler. Oven-bird; Oven- tit; Ground Oven.
- These names are taken from the
nest, and are also applied to the Chiffchaff.
Common Wren. Kitty Wren; Stag: { Tom-tit.
Creeper. Creep-tree.
Nuthatch. Nuthack (Sir T. Browne).
Great Tit. Sharp saw.
Blue Tit. Pick-cheese.
- This name is also applied, more or
less frequently, to the Great, Marsh and Cole Tits. The two latter are called by some "Blackcaps."
Long-tailed Tit. Long-tailed Capon; Bush-oven; Feather-poke; Pud- ding-poke ; Bottle-tit.
- All these names, except the first,
are derived from the nest.
Bearded Tit. Reed Pheasant.
Pied Wagtail. Penny Wagtail
Common Bunting. Bunt Lark.
Reed Bunting. Reed Sparrow.
Yellowhammer. Guler.
Chaffinch. Spink; Wheatsel-bird.
- Two authorities give the last as a
name applied to the male Chaf- finch — probably from these birds congregating in autumn about the season of wheat-sowing.
Goldfinch. Draw-water ; King Harry Redcap ; Fool's-coat.
- The last name, given by Sir T.
Browne, is evidently derived from the motley dress of the fools or jesters of former times. Linnet. Grey Linnet ; Brown Lin- net ; Red Linnet; Blood Linnet. The two last names evidently refer to red-breasted specimens, and the two former to those that are not so.
Hawfinch. Coble-bird (Sir T. Browne). Greenfinch. Green Linnet; Greenolf.
Bullfinch. Bloodolf.
Carrion Crow. CarnerCrow; Carener Crow.
- These are probably merely corrupt
pronunciations of Carrion Crow.
Hooded Crow. Norway Crow; Danish Crow ; Harry Dutchman.
Jackdaw. Caddaw ; Cadder ; Caddy.
Magpie. Chatter-pie (Forby).
Green Woodpecker. GreenWoodspeck.
Greater Spotted Woodpecker. Black and White Woodspeck.
Wryneck. Cuckoo's Mate; Hobby- bird. §
Swift. Deviling ; Devil-bird.
Nightjar. Dor-hawk ( Sir T. Browne); Night-hawk; Razor-grinder; Scis- sor-grinder.
- The first of these names evidently
refers to the food of the bird, and the two last to its note.
Wood Pigeon. Dow.
- An evident corruption of Dove.
Quail. Wet-my-lip.
- A West Norfolk name, probably
derived from the call-note.
Probably as frequenting rabbit warrens.
See Stevenson's 'Birds of Norfolk,' vol. i., p. 123, as to this name.
This name is given by Forby, but its derivation appears to be obscure.
"So called because it comes either with or a little before the Hobbies in the spring—Sir T. Browne.
