Eòin / Birds
- Informant(s)
- Name
- ?
- Notes
- [NOTES: it seems that the original word-list was edited and commented on by a number of people (there are at least five different colours of ink and probably just as many different hands), which makes it rather unclear at places. The list is signed ‘D.R.M.’ but not in the same ink as the list itself.]
| cnagag-choille | grosbeak. [NOTES: question mark added in second hand.] |
| obag | hobby. [NOTES: the original definition crossed out and replaced with ‘hobby falcon’.] |
| smeorach | thrush. |
| cam-ghob | cross-bill. |
| lòn-dubh | black-bird. |
| liath-truisg | field-fare. |
| iolair | eagle. |
| cradh-gheadh | shelduck. |
| bòdhag | plover or sea-lark. |
| garra-ghart | quail. |
| lach-mhòr | eider-duck. |
| iolair iasgaich | fishing eagle or osprey. |
| bricein-beithe | chaffinch. [NOTES: originally ‘bricean-beatha’.] |
| gealan-lìn | linnet. |
| clamhan-gobhlach | kite. |
| cnagag-choille | grosbeak. |
| clamhan lòin | harrier. [NOTES: the original definition crossed out and replaced with ‘buzzard’.] |
| sioltan | smew. [NOTES: the original definition crossed out and replaced with ‘teal duck’.] |
| bru-gheal | stonechat. [NOTES: question mark added in second hand.] |
| an t’ amadan mòintich | [sic] dotterel. |
| gabhagan | pipit. [NOTES: the original definition crossed out and replaced with ‘titlark’.] |
| gobhlachan | turnstone. [NOTES: the original definition crossed out and replaced with ‘sandpiper’.] |
| liath-chearc | “heath-hen”. |
| cam-ghob | cross-bill. |
| faireag | kittiwake. |
| traona | crake. [NOTES: the original definition crossed out and replaced with ‘corn craik’.] |
| ceann-dearg | red-start. |
| naosg | snipe. |
| falcag | auk. |
| mionnaran | tit. |
| fachach | shearwater. [NOTES: ‘puffin’ added in second hand.] |
| faoileag | “sea-gull”. |
| druid | starling. |
| gobhlan-gaoithe | swallow. |
| arspag | “black backed seagull”. |
| luaireag | petrel. |
| eala | swan. |
| cearc-fhraoiche | “heather-hen”. |
| deargan-seilich | redpole. |
| bricein-caorainn | ring-ouzel. [NOTES: originally ‘bricean-caorain’. The original definition crossed out and replaced with ‘mountain finch’.] |
| lach-ghlas | “gadwall duck”. [NOTES: the original definition crossed out and replaced with ‘mallard duck’.] |
| lach-bhinn | long tailed duck. |
| gealbhonn-glas | hedge sparrow. |
| faoilinn | sea-gull. |
| breac-an-t’ sil | wagtail. [NOTES: ‘sil’ written in second hand – not clear what the original word was (àil?).] |
| coileach-fraoich | heath-cock. |
| lach-bhreac | ‘golden eye’ duck. |
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