To pick up for a moment on the thread of colloquial vs. scientific bird
names (from about a month ago), the discussion was *very* enjoyable.
Just wanted to add a few colloquial bird names from Chapman's
turn-of-the-century eastern field guide which I copied into my Peterson,
names which reflect a people's sense of the natural world they occupied
(edited by Chapman, of course), a certain folk taxonomy. But these usages
have faded - and perhaps are
extinct as far as everyday use. I admire Chapman's sensitivity to
local usages even as he submerged them. There's something very appropriate
about continuing to appreciate folk usages, even as we move toward some common
global nomenclature, because "scientific" nomenclature as discourse grew
out of this "folk" discourse in the first place. Gene Hunn, among
others, will have much to say on this I'm sure.
Anyway, here are the names Chapman listed which differ from his
"hegemonic" common names. Does anyone know where he obtained these
colloquial names? Some are mildly interesting, a few spectacular:

Mourning Dove Carolina Dove
both cuckoos Rain Crow
C. Nighthawk Bull-bat, Pisk, Mosquito Hawk, Piramidig (??)
Belted Kingfisher The Halcyon
Red-h. Woodpecker Tri-color
Northern (Yell) Flicker Clape, Pigeon Woodpecker, Yellowhammer,
High-hole, Yarup, wake-up
E. Kingbird Bee Martin
E. Phoebe Bridge Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher Small Pewee
Least Flycatcher Chebec
Horned Lark Shore Lark
Amer. Pipit Titlark, Brown/Red Lark
Cliff Swallow Eave Swallow, Crescent Swallow, Rocky-mtn. Swallow
Bank Swallow Sand Swallow [we're about to return to this almost]
Amer. Crow Corn Thief
Gray Jay Whiskey Jack/John, Moose-bird, Meat-bird, Venison Heron,
Grease-bird, Camp Robber
Tufted Titmouse Crested Tom-tit
White-br. Nuthatch Tree-mouse, Devil Downhead
Carolina Wren Mocking Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet Fiery-cr. Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Sylvan Flycatcher
Brown Thrasher French Mockingbird, Mavis
Gray Catbird Black-capped Thrush
E. Bluebird Blue Robin
Amer. Robin Migratory Thrush
Gray-ch. Thrush Alice's Thrush
Hermit Thrush Swamp Angel
Wood Thrush Bell-bird
Northern Shrike Butcher-bird, Nine-killer
Bohemian Waxwing Silktail
Cedar Waxwing Cedarbird, Cherry-bird, Canada Robin, Recollet
Red-eyed Vireo The Preacher
Black-and-White Warbler Varied Creeping Warbler
Magnolia Warbler Spotted Warbler
Yellow-r. Warbler Myrtle-bird
Canada Warbler Canadian Flycatcher
Chestnut-sided W. Bloody-sided Warbler
Blackburnian W. Hemlock Warbler, Torch-bird
Pine Warbler Pine-creeping Warbler
Palm Warbler Yellow Redpoll Warbler
Yellow Warbler Summer Yellowbird, Yellowpoll
Wilson's Warbler Wilson's Flycatcher
Yellow-br. Chat Yellow Mockingbird
Northern Waterthr. Aquatic Thrush
Ovenbird Golden-cr. Wagtail/Accentor/Thrush, Wood Wagtail,
The Teacher
Brown-h. Cowbird Cow-pen Bird
Rusty Blackbird Thrush Blackbird
C. Grackle Maize Thief
Bobolink Reedbird, Maybird, Meadowbird, Butterbird, Skunk
Blackbird
E. Meadowlark Oldfield Lark
W. Meadowlark Prairie Lark
Orchard Oriole Orchard Starling
Northern (Balt.) Oriole Firebird, Golden Robin, Hang-nest, English Robin
Summer Tanager Smooth-headed Redbird
Scarlet Tanager Firebird, Canada Tanager, Pocket-bird
Lapland Longspur Lapland Snowbird
No. (Sl.-col.) Junco Snowbird
Snow Bunting Snowflake, Snow Lark
No. Cardinal Virginia Redbird, Virginia Nightingale
C. Redpoll Little Snowbird
Pine Grosbeak Pine Bullfinch
Amer. Goldfinch Wild Canary, Thistlebird
Indigo Bunting Indigo-bird
Rufous-s. Towhee Ground-robin, Grasel, Chewink
White-thr. Sparrow Peabody Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow Chippy, Hair-bird, Social Sparrow
Field Sparrow Wood/Bush Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow Marsh Sparrow, Red Grass-bird
Amer. Tree Sparrow Arctic Chipper, Winter Chippy, Canada Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow Yellow-winged Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow Bay-winged Bunting, Grassfinch
Seaside Sparrow Meadow Chippy