The Folk Lore And Provincial Names of British Birds
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140 PROVINCIAL NAMES OF BBITISH BIRDS.
3. Various names.
Sparrow-hawk (Scotland).
Hobby (Shetland Isles).
Hawk kestrel (Do.).
KEST'R'EL (TinnuTiculus alavdarius). - .| Of. Crescelle, Crescerelle (France) ; Cristel (Burgundy) ; Crista- ' ■ij rello (Naples). So ;i Creshawk (Cornwall). i 1. From its well-known habit of remaining stationary (stand- jl in-gale), hovering and poising itself over a particular spot, are derived the names Stand hawk (West Riding).
Stannel or Stanchel.
Stannel hawk.
Ston...egaU, or Steingale.
Windhover (South and West of England).
Hoverhawk (Berks ; Bucks).
Fleingall, i.e. Fly in gale.
Vanner hawk, Wind fanner.
From the fanning movement of the wings.
Windcuffer (Orkney Isles).
Windsucker (Kent). y] " Kistrilles or windsuokers, that filling themselves with winde fly against -.It the wind evermore " — Nashe, ' ' Lenten Stuffe " (in Harleian MisceUany, vi. 170). !' Windbibber (Kent). ; A Welsh name is Cudyll y gwynt, i.e. wind hawk.
2. Names given from the red tint of its plumage.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
140 PROVINCIAL NAMES OF BBITISH BIRDS.
3. Various names.
Sparrow-hawk (Scotland).
Hobby (Shetland Isles).
Hawk kestrel (Do.).
KEST'R'EL (TinnuTiculus alavdarius). - .| Of. Crescelle, Crescerelle (France) ; Cristel (Burgundy) ; Crista- ' ■ij rello (Naples). So ;i Creshawk (Cornwall). i 1. From its well-known habit of remaining stationary (stand- jl in-gale), hovering and poising itself over a particular spot, are derived the names Stand hawk (West Riding).
Stannel or Stanchel.
Stannel hawk.
Ston...egaU, or Steingale.
Windhover (South and West of England).
Hoverhawk (Berks ; Bucks).
Fleingall, i.e. Fly in gale.
Vanner hawk, Wind fanner.
From the fanning movement of the wings.
Windcuffer (Orkney Isles).
Windsucker (Kent). y] " Kistrilles or windsuokers, that filling themselves with winde fly against -.It the wind evermore " — Nashe, ' ' Lenten Stuffe " (in Harleian MisceUany, vi. 170). !' Windbibber (Kent). ; A Welsh name is Cudyll y gwynt, i.e. wind hawk.
2. Names given from the red tint of its plumage.
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