BRICEAN 



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CAILLEACH-BHAN 



Bricean or bricein-buidhe, the 

 yellow (or Ray's) wagtail, 



Bricean-caorainn, the mountain 

 finch. 



Brid, bridean, bridein^ brid-eun^ 



a small bird ; oyster-eater^ 



sea-piet, St Bridget's bird 



(see Gille-bride). 



j Brod-gheadh, a brood goose, a 



' dam (E. McD.). 



Broidileag, broinn-dearg or 

 deargan, broinileag, bru- 

 dearg, bru-dhearg, bru-dear- 

 gan, bruin-dear gan J etc., the 

 robin, robin - redbreast, rud- 

 dock. 



Brollach-bothain, the black- 

 throated diver. 



Bru-gheal, a wheatear. 



Bruilin, a swallow (Ir.). 



Bualainde, a sea-lark, wagtail. 



BuATHAM, a bittern. 



Bubaire, the common bittern. 



BucHTHUiNN, buchuinn, the 

 melodious duck. 



BuDAGoc, budagoch, budagochd, 

 butagochd, a snipe ; also a 

 woodcock in some places. 



Budhaigir, bugaire, buigire, a 

 puffin. 



Buicein-baintighearna, a wag- 

 tail. 



Buideir, buidseir, the butcher- 

 bird, shrike. 



Buidheag, buidhean, a gold- 

 finch, linnet ; any small, 

 yellow bird. 



Buidheag or buidhean-bhuachair, 

 a yellow hammer, or ammer, 

 yellow-yite, yeldrin, yorlin, 

 etc. 



BuiDHEAG-BHEALLAIDH or bheal- 



luidh, a yellow bunting, yellow- 

 hammer, or ammer, yeldring, 

 etc. 



BuiDHEAN-coiLLE, a goldfinch, 

 bullfinch. 



BuiLG-EUN, a puffin. 



BuiNNEAN-LEANA or liona, a 



bittern. 

 BuiREiN, buiriche, bittern, the 



lowing-bird. 

 Bun, bunna, bunnan, bun- 



bhuachaill, the northern diver; 



also the bittern or heron. 

 BuNABHUACHAiLLE, the great auk 



(MacDonald), also cormorant. 

 BuTHAiD, butiiaigear, buthrai- 



gear, a coulterneb, puffin 



(Barra, Harris, St Kilda, 



etc.). 



Caban, cabon, a capon. 



Cabar, cabhar, cubhar, a hawk ; 

 any old bird. 



Cabar-coille, capar or capuU- 

 coille, caprioc, capur, the 

 capercailzie, mountain-cock, 

 great cock of the wood, wood 

 grouse, etc. 



Cabhachan, cuckoo-titterer. 



Cabhag, cabhog, cadhag, cathag, 

 a jackdaw, jay. 



Cabhag-dhearg-chasach, etc., a 

 chough or red-legged crow. 



Cab-nan-cuileag, the flycatcher. 



Cadhag, the magpie. 



Cadhan, the wild goose, barnacle 

 or bernicle goose or duck. 



Cat, the cuckoo's bird, tit or 

 titmouse. 



Catdhean, a turtle dove. 



Caidhlean, water rail (Caidhlin, 

 Ir.). 



Caifean, caifein, caifein-coille, 

 chifF-chaff, chatterer, wood- 

 chatterer. 



Cailleach, cailleachag-cheann- 

 dubh or duibh, a titmouse, 

 colehood, coletit, colemouse, 

 blackcap ; little old-wife 

 blackhead. 



Cailleach-bhan, the snowy owl. 



