barley-bird

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === barley-bird (plural barley-birds) Any of several birds distinguished by their appearance in England at the time of barley-sowing. The yellow wagtail. (Motacilla spp.) The wryneck. (Jynx spp.) (obsolete) The Eurasian siskin.