2 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Abhararcan-luachrac'H or Adharcan luachrach. a Gaelic 

 name for the liAPWING ; lit. " the horned creature of 

 the rushes." 

 Acadian Owl. A North American species, supposed to have 



occurred once at Beverley, Yorkshire. 

 Aden gwyr: The WAXWING. (North Wales) lit. "wax- 

 wing." 

 Aderyn adein goch: The REDWING. (North Whales) lit. 



" red-winged bird." 

 Aderyn bronfraith. A Welsh name for the SONG-THRUSH ; 



lit. " thrush-bird." 

 Aderyn cywarch : The LINNET. (North Wales) Ht. " hemp- 

 bird." 

 Aderyn du. A Welsh name for the BLACKBIRD ; ht. 



"blackbird." The female is called Mwj^alchen (=hen). 

 Aderyn du'r DWR : The DIPPER. (North Wales) lit. " W2.ter 



blackbird." 

 Aderyn eira: The SNOW-BUNTING. (North Whales) lit. 



" snow bird." 

 Aderyn y bwn. A Welsh name for the BITTERN; ht. 



" boom bird." 

 Aderyn-y-Cyrph or Aderyn Corph. A Welsh name for the 

 TA\VNY OWL and the BARN-OWL; Ut. "corpse 

 bird." 

 Aderyn-y-Cyrs : The REED-WARBLER. (North Wales) 



Ht. " reed bird." 

 Aderyn-y^-Droell. a Welsh name for the NIGHTJAR ; lit. 



" spinning-wheel bird." 

 Aderyn-ytr-eira : The FIELDFARE. (North Wales) ht. 



" snow bird." 

 Aderyn-y-to. a Welsh name for the HOUSE-SPARROW; 



lit. " thatch bird." 

 Aery^or Aerie. An eagle's nest or a brood of eagles or hawks. 

 Occurs as airie, aiery, ayrie, ej^ery, aeuy, etc., in various 

 authors. Also as eyiie or eyiey, an incorrect form. 

 The derivation of this word is somewhat imcertain. 

 Murray seems to favour Fr. aire, fr. Lat. area, a floor or 

 space of level groimd, which is the view held by Littre; 

 but Skeat thinks the original source is the Icelandic 

 ori, an eagle, and hazards that the Fr. aire and Low Lat. 

 (not the class. Lat. word) area come from a similar source 

 (although he modifies this in his second edition). The 

 Low Lat. area is used by Ducange to denote the nest 



