pea-bird, pee-bird
A local name for the Wryneck, from its note.
| 1838 M. Howitt Birds & Flowers, Cuckoo i. ‘Pee! pee! pee!’ says the merry Pee-bird. 1885 Swainson Prov. Names Brit. Birds 103 Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)..Pea bird. From its sharp utterance of the word ‘pea-pea’. |