GOOSE— GROUSE 279 



Is sealgair mhath a mharbhas geadh. . . . 



He is a good sportsman who kills a (wild) goose. . . . 

 One of three particularly wary birds. 

 Suidhe a gheoidh 'an dorus tigh an t-sionnaich. 



The sitting of the goose at the fox's door. Short. 

 Sulaire sgire na h-Uidh. 



The solan goose of Uy. Uy is now called Stornoway, where 

 the herring are plentiful at times, and consequently the 

 solan geese. 

 Tuigidh na geoidh fhein a cheile. 



Even the geese understand each other. Few better. 



GREBE. — Fad-monaidh ; Gobhachan, gobhachan-allt, gobhlan- 

 uisge ; Lacha, lapairin, laparan ; Spagaire-tuinn or tuinne, spag- 

 ri-toin. 



Arsefoot (greater crested), ash-coloured loon or swan ; Black 

 chin or chinned, bonnetie ; Car goose, crested doucker or ducker ; 

 Dabber. dabchick, darber, didapper, dive-an'-dop, dive-dapper, 

 dive-dop, diver, divi or divy duck, dob-chick, drink-a-penny ; 

 Eared grebe ; Gannt or gaunt, great-crested, greater-crested, 

 greater loon, grey-cheeked, grey loon ; Horned dob-chick, doucker 

 or grebe ; Jack doucker ; Little doucker, little grebe, loom, loon ; 

 Mither-o'-the-mawkins, mole-diver (little), molrocken, molrooken ; 

 Penny-bird ; Red-necked grebe ; Satin, Sclavonian, small doucker, 

 spider-diver ; Tippet, Tom puddin' ; Willie-hawkie. 



Said to derive its name from Breton " Grib," a comb. Called 

 " Mither-o'-the-mawkins " from its witch-like alertness in diving. 



GREENSHANK.— Deoch-bhiugh or bhuidhe. 

 Greater plover, green-legged horseman or longshank, green- 

 shank snipe. 



GROSBEAK. — Cnag (pine), cnagag-choille, crag, cuag ; Lair 

 fligh, lairigidh. 



Hawfinch ; Little wood-rapper ; Woodpecker. 



This bird is said to be peculiar to Sutherland, but as woods 

 must be plentiful, this is now questionable, as it lives chiefly on 

 wood insects. 



GROUSE. — Ceare-fraoich (fraoigh — Ir.), coileach-fraoich, 

 coileach-ruadh ; Eun-fraoich, eun-ruadh ; Fraoch-chearc ; Lia or 

 liath-chearc (black) ; Put, putan (young) ; Reir or rer-chearc, 

 ruadh-bhiast. 



Bilcock, bilter, black cock or game, brown hen or ptarmigan ; 

 Dop-fowl or fugel (lit. dipping-fowl — A. S.) ; Gor, gor-cock, gore 

 (red), grey hen ; Heath-cock or hen, heather-hen, heath-fowl, 

 heath-poulet ; Moor-cock or hen ; Poor wren, pootis, puttis (young) ; 

 Red-cock, red-game, red ptarmigan. 



The word " grouse " is said to come just from " fraoch," heather. 



