SPORAG 



37 TUNNAG-FHIORIONN 



Sporag, the house-sparrow. 



Spuillire-buidhe, the marsh 

 harrier, " yellow spoiler." 



Sruall, the ruall. (Dean of 

 Lismore.) 



Sruth, struth, the ostrich. 



Stairleag, the seamaw, black- 

 headed gull (Badenoch). 



Stalag, stale, the falcon ; star- 

 ling, stare. 



Stannaire, the buzzard. 



Star RAG, the hooded-crow 

 (Harris). 



Steardan, stearnal, stearnan, 

 steirneal, steirneal-mhic- 



Dhughai], the lesser tern, 

 sea swallow ; also bittern. 



Steardan-dubii, the black tern. 



Stein, a flock (stuaidhean). 



Streapach, the creeper, bark- 

 speeler. 



Struth, struth-chamhull, the 

 ostrich. 



Stuaidh, a flock of bh-ds. 



SuiL-MHALAiR, suil-mhala-rigli, 

 suil-mha-righ, the cockatrice, 

 basilisk (fabulous). 



SuiL-NA-GREiNE, the caglc. 



Sulaiche, sulair, sulaire, the 

 gannet, solan goose ; any 

 voracious bird (" Mac- 



Fraoir," the watchful-eyed). 



Tabhs, the gannet (" Caraid nan 



Gaidheal"). 

 Tarmach, tarmachan, tarmonach, 



tar-monadh, the ptarmigan, 



termagant. 

 Tarmachan-beinne, the mountain 



ptarmigan . 

 Tarmachan-traghad, the dunlin, 



shore ptarmigan. 

 Tarroch, the kittiwake. 

 Tearc-eun, the phoenix (lit. rare 



bird). 



Teathra, the raven, royston 



crow. 

 Todhan, a bird of prey. 

 ToGHMALL, slow-bird. 

 ToN-DHEARG, the rcdstart. 

 Trag, the snipe (Ross-shire). 

 Traghna, traineach, traon, 



traona, treanaire, trenna, 



treubhna, treunn, treunn-ri- 



treunn, trian-ri-trian, etc., the 



corncraik, land rail. 

 Traigh-gheadh, the tame or shore 



goose. 

 Trasdan, the common cross- 

 bill. 

 Trilleachan-glas, the sander- 



ling. 

 Trilleach - AN - traghaid, trig- 



leachan, trileachan, trilleach- 



an-traghaid or traighich, the 



sandpiper. 

 Trilleachan-traighe, the ringed 



plover, pied oyster-eater ; sea- 



piet. 

 Trodan, the starling. 

 Trodhan, troghan, the raven ; 



a bird of prey, bittern, 



vulture. 

 Troichilean, the willow wren ; 



trifler, little one, dwarf. 

 Truid, truideag, truidean, the 



starling. 

 Truidleag, the mavis. 

 Tuilleag, tuliac, the common 



skua gull. 

 TuiNN, ducklings. 

 Tulciiabhcan, an owl. 

 TuMACHAN, tumair, tumaire, the 



dipper, diver, merganser. 

 TuNNAG, a duck, drake. 

 Tunnag-dhearg-cheannach, the 



pochard, dun bird. 

 TuNNAG-DUBH or dhubh, the 



common scoter. 



TUNNAG-FHIACAILLEACH, the gOOS- 



ander, toothed duck, wild 

 duck, mallard. 

 TuNNAG-FHioRioNN, a drake. 



