BALAIKE-BODHAIN 



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BKICRAN 



Balaiue-bodiiain, ballaire or 

 ballaire-bothuin or boar, the 

 common cormorant, larger 

 species of white - breasted 

 cormorant. 



Ballan-oir, ball-oir, a wren ; 

 goldspot. 



Baois, the sparrow. 



Baothaik, a snipe. 



Bardal^ a drake, a mallard. 



Beach, beathag, a bird, in some 

 places. 



Bealbhan, beilbhean - ruadh, 

 beileaman-ruadh, a kind of 

 hawk, a buzzard or put- 

 tock. 



Beicein-glas_, the spotted fly- 

 catcher. 



Beul-bhinn, the nightingale. 



BiADHTACH, biatach, a raven, 

 corbie or corby, glutton (Skye 

 and Uist). 



Bidein, a chirper, a young bird 

 or fowl. 



Bigean, bigean-beag, bigein, 

 bigeun, any little bird, wren, 

 rock pipit, meadow pipit ; 

 the wee, little bird. 



Bigean-baintighearna, the moun- 

 tain linnet or twite (Uist). 



Bigean or bigein-bride, oyster 

 catcher. 



Bigean-mor, the black shore- 

 lark ; big-little bird. 



Bigean-sneachda, the little snow- 

 bunting. 



BiORRA, biorra - cruidein, or 



n - lasgair, 

 kingfisher, 

 the fisher, 



common 



cruitein, biorra • 



bior-an-uisge, a 



halcyon ; spit of 



long bill. 

 Bleidir, bleidire, 



buzzard, sorner. 

 BLEiDm,-RiABHACH the honcy- 



buzzard. 

 BLEiDm-TONAcn or molach, the 



rough-legged buzzard, large - 



hipped or bunchy sorner. 



BoAO, bodhag, bothag, a sea- 

 lark, sandy laverock, ringed 

 plover, sandpiper. 



BocAN-LoiN, boc-sac or saic, a 

 snipe. 



BoDACM-oiDciiE, the tawny owl. 



BoD-CHEARC, a hawk. 



BoDDA, a redshank. 



BoD-FHJ, redshank (Ir.). 



Bonn, a ravenous bird. 



BoGACHAN, bog-an-lochan, the 

 dipper; also wheatear. 



BooANACH, a young puffin, or any 

 young bird. 



BoG-AN-LoiN, a snipe, sand-piper. 



BoiDHEAG, a goldfinch. 



BoiGEAR, a puffin. 



BoNNAN, bonnamain, a bittern. 



BoNNAN-BuiDHE or liona, a heron, 

 crane. 



Braighfjvl, broigheal, a cor- 

 morant, the sea raven. 



Bran, bran-eun, bran-fhitheach, 

 bran-orgain, a raven, rook, 

 royston crow. 



Breacan-glas or sgiobalt, the 

 spotted fly-catcher. 



Breac-an-t-sil, breacan-buidhe, 

 bricein - buidhe, the white, 

 grey, or pied wagtail, yellow 

 speckled little bird, or 

 chaffinch. 



Breacan or bricein-baintigh- 

 earna, grey or pied wagtail, 

 spotted lady. 



Breacan or bricean-beatha or 

 beithe, the chaffinch, linnet ; 

 little speckled bird of the 

 birch. 



Breacan-buidhe, the yellow wag- 

 tail. 



Breac-mhac, breac-mhuc, breac- 

 mhuch, a magpie. 



Breid-air-toin, the hen harrier, 

 ring-tail hawk, hobey. 



Bricean, bricein, a linnet, chaf- 

 finch, green lint-white, shilfa, 

 twite. 



