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Rh Oxfordshire.— I have collected the following list of local names during a residence of some years in Oxfordshire: —

Reed Bunting. Reed Sparrow.

Chaffinch. Peafinch.

Chiffchaff and Willow Wren. Feather- bed.

Crow. Gor Crow.

Creeper. Tree Clipper.

Little Grebe. Dabchick.

Hedgesparrow. Billy.

Jay. Jay-pie.

Kestrel. Bloodhawk.

Lapwing. Peewit.

Linnet. Furze Linnet.

Meadow Pipit. Titlark.

Quail. Quick-me-dick.

Redstart. Redtail.

Missel Thrush. Norman Thrush.

Song Thrush. Whistling Thrush.

Pied Wagtail. Dish-washer.

Sedge Warbler, Greater and Lesser Whitethroat. Haytit.

Green Woodpecker. Eccle.

Whenever any Quail's eggs were obtained by the villagers, they called them "Quick-me-dick's," but 1 never could learn any derivation for the word.* The Kestrel is called a " Blood-hawk," owing to the blood-red colour of its eggs.— (Bedford).

Westmoreland.— In compliance with the request of the Editor, for provincial names, I send a list of some which are current in Westmoreland : —

Mistle Thrush. Chercock.

Dipper. Water Crow or Bessy Doucker.

Whinchat. Gorschat.

Wheatear. Stonechat.

Whitethroat. Streasmear.

Pied Wagtail. Watty.

Meadow Pipit. Ling-bird.

Yellow Bunting. Bessy Blakeling.

Chaffinch. Spink.

Goldfinch. Flinch.

Siskin. Aberdavine.

Linnet. Gray or Graybird. Starling. Shepster.

Raven. Corby.

Carrion Crow. Doupe or Black-neb.

Rook. Crà.

Magpie. Piet.

Swift. Devilin.

Bing Dove. Cushat.

Lapwing. Tuet.

Heron. Crane.

Dunlin. Sand-mouse or Sea-snipe.

Common Sandpiper. Willy Wicket.

Landrail. Laker-hen.

Scoter. Loucker.

Golden-eye. Whiteside.

Want of discrimination is frequently the cause of many different species being called by the same name. Thus, the Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat, in West- moreland, are all called "Streasmear"; the Blackcap, Great Tit, Cole Tit, Marsh Tit and Black-headed Bunting are indiscriminately termed "Blackcaps." The word "Diver" is still more compre- hensive, being bestowed on the Scaup, Pochard, Tufted Duck, and all the species of Merganser, Grebe, and Diver proper, i.e., Colymbus. — (Arnbarrow, Milnthorpe).

trisyllabic note of this bird. — Ed.
 * The local name " Quick-me-dick" for the Quail is no doubt an imitation of the