Name of some small bird. (Swainson, after Skinner, suggests the Blue titmouse.)

The name of some bird (if the reading is correct).

An old name of some bird.

A bird, perhaps the spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia. Cf. popeler, n.

A bird used for food, perhaps the spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia. Cf. popard, n.

Some kind of bird.

The name of some small bird.

Wyclif's adaptation of the Charadrius of the Vulgate, Χαραδριός of the Septuagint. The latter was, ‘according to Sundevall, the stone-curlew or…

Some unknown bird.

A bird: perhaps the Brandtail or Redstart.

Apparently: a kind of wildfowl (see etymological note).

Alleged name of a bird.

The name of some bird.

A bird (perhaps a kind of pigeon) mentioned by ancient Greek and Roman authors. Obsolete.

Any of several other birds. Obsolete. rare.

= gnat-snap n.

A bird (not identified) listed as unclean in the book of Leviticus: see note in etymology.

Some bird.

Some kind of bird.

Some kind of bird.

The name of some small bird; ? = tidife, n.

Some bird in Newfoundland.

A North African bird.

= gnat-snapper n.

With distinguishing word. Any of various other birds with predominantly black plumage. Obsolete.

A South-East Asian bird (not identified). Obsolete. rare.

A small South African bird (unidentified). Obsolete.

Apparently: the long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis.

(See quot. 1769.)

= sedge-warbler n.; also, a small bird native to Australasia.

the satin bowerbird, Ptilorhynchus violaceus.

Used attributively or in the possessive case of certain birds.

= nankeen night heron n.

As the second element in local names of various small birds, as bank-jug, the chiffchaff, also the willow warbler; hedge-jug, the long-tailed…

transferred. Applied to certain bees and birds. Also attributive.