658. _Alpes_, bullfinches; also called _an awp_, or, corruptly, _a nope_.
'Alp, or _Nope_, a bulfinch. I first took notice of this word in _Suffolk_,
but find since that it is used in other counties, almost generally all over
England'; Ray's Collection of South and E. Country Words (1691).
_wodewales_, witwalls. In the Prompt. Parvulorum, the _wodewale_ is
identified with the _wodehake_, woodpecker; whilst Hexham explains Du.
_Weduwael_ as 'a kinde of a yellow bird.' There is often great confusion in
such names. The true _witwall_ is the Green Woodpecker (_Gecinus viridis_).
We may omit _and_, and even _were_ in l. 657.
662. _laverokkes_, larks. The A. S. _l[=a]werce_, _l[=a]ferce_, became
_laverk_; then the final _k_ was exchanged for the diminutive suffix _-ok_.