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of grey plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an 

 elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotional poetry." 



The Irish name for this bird, " crithane," or the shaker, is 

 derived from the shaky manner in which the curlew walks ; crith 

 signifying to shake, to tremble. A Scottish saying is, " A curlew, 

 be she white or be she black, carries tenpence on her back" — 

 probably the old value. 



Is sealgair mhath a mharbhas guilbneach. 

 He's a good hunter who kills a curlew. 



DIPPER (see also Kingfisher). — Bogachan, bog-an-lochan ; 

 Gobhachan uisge, gobha dubh nan allt, gobha uisge ; Tumair. 



Ducker ; Ess-cock ; Heather-cu r.-dunk, herald duck ; Peggie, 

 piet ; River-pie ; VV^ater blackbird, water cockie, water colly, 

 water crake, water craw or crow, water ouzel, water Peggie, 

 water piet, water thrush. 



This bird has been graphically described as a "big black 

 wren with a white bib." 



DIVER. — Brollach-botbain (Great Northern), bun-bunna, bur, 

 fur, mona, muna, or muir-bhuachaill (Northern, or speckled) ; 

 Crann-lach ; Dubh-eun, dubh-shnamhaiche ; Eun-glas-an-sgadain 

 (Great Northern); Faoileag bheag, fiach or fitheach-mara ; Gairg, 

 gairgeann, gairgear, gallan-curra (Ir.), gearradh-breac ; Lachadair, 

 lachaire, learga, lumhair, lumhaire ; Paslaghadh ; Tumachan, 

 tumaire. 



Allan hawk, aminer, arran-ake (red-throated), arsfoot ; Bishop, 

 bishop-carara, black-throated loon or diver, bonnivochil, burrian ; 

 Cobble ; Dab or dap-chick, didapper, didnapper, dive-dipper, dob- 

 chucker, dokare (A. S.), dopper-bird, doukar, dowpar, duckar; 

 Ember, emmer, emmer-goose ; Galrush, greatest speckled diver, 

 great northern diver, gunner ; Holland hawk, holy carara ; Iraber 

 diver (Ir.), immer, immer goose ; Lion, loon, lumme ; Mag, maak ; 

 Naak, northern diver ; Oilan auk ; Rain goose, red-throated 

 burrian or diver, ring-necked loon ; Scoter, sea-pigeon, sprat borer, 

 sprat loon, spratoon ; Willie-fisher. 



This beautiful sea-bird sometimes attains a weight of sixteen 

 pounds. Its fat is said to be a good cure for sciatica. The name 

 Mur-bhuachaill, or sea-herd, is from its giving warning of a coming 

 storm. They are never found washed ashore dead like other 

 sea-birds after a storm, and never leave the sea for the fiercest 

 weather. Their cry sounds like " haoo5," and, when gorged, 



