GUILLEMOT— GULL 281 



Strang ; Taiste, tarrock, tinkersheer, tinkershire, tinkershue, thick- 

 billed goose, tystay, tyste, tystey, tystie (black) ; Weerit (young), 

 willock, willy. 



The names " eun-a-chrubain," etc., signify the " crouching or 

 squatting bird." 



Like some other wild birds the egg of the guillemot varies in 

 colour according to the locality of the hole it is laid in — supposed 

 pre-natal influence. This bird lays only one egg, which has 

 curious markings on it. Edie Ochiltree in the Antiquary refers to 

 the " Lungie." 



GUINEA-FOWL.— Coileach-innseanach. 



Gallancy, gallinic (Cornw.). 



A name derived from the cry or call of this fowl is "come 

 back." 



GULL. — Aoileann, arspag (larger); Ceann-dubhan (black- 

 headed), cra-fhaoileag, crann-dubhan, crann or crion-fhaoileag 

 (little); Dubh-cheannach (black-headed), dubh-fhaoilean (black, 

 large) ; Eigir (small) ; Fairsbeag (large), faoileag, faoighleann, 

 faoilean druimmeach (black-headed — Connemara), faoilean garbh- 

 anach (black-headed), faoileann, faoileag-mhor (glaucus), farspach, 

 farspag (great black-beaked or headed), fairs})reig (Argyll), 

 fasgadair, fasgadan, faisgeadair (skua), feabhlann (Ir.), feadhlan, 

 foilearm, folaiream, foluirm ; Glas-fhaoileag (herring), goban 

 (young) ; lasgair-diomhain ; Muirmhaighstir (glaucus) ; Sgaireag 

 (small), sgliurach (young), sionnachla, stairleag ; Tuliac, tuilleag 

 (skua). 



Annet, anny, allan, aulin ; Baagie (great black-headed), 

 badoch, badock (artic), bakie, barley-bird (plough follower), 

 bawgie, black, black-headed, black-toed, blue-man or maw, boat- 

 swain, bonxie, brown, brown-headed or hooded, brown-masked 

 mew, burgomaster ; Cald-mawe, calmewe, calmaise, carrion, cat, 

 cloven-footed, cob, cobb, cobbe (small), codd, coddy-noddy, 

 collocan, collochan, colmose, colmow, coppe, crocker, cub (small) ; 

 Dirtenallan, dirtyallan or aulin, diviegoo, dog-foolie, dung-bird ; 

 Fork-tailed, fraik ; Gaw, gawlin, geylir (artic), glaucus, golden 

 maw, goor, goose, gor, gow, goyler (artic), grain-bird (plough 

 follower), great black-backed, great grey, greater saddleback, 

 green-billed, grey, gull-maw ; Herdsman, herring, hooded crow, 

 maw or mow ; Iceland scorie (glaucus), ivory-gull ; Kittiwake ; 

 Laughing, lesser black-backed, lummie (artic) ; Maa, maddrick, 

 maew, mall, man-o'-war bird, mar masked, maul (black-headed), 

 maw, mell, merrick (black-headed), mew (A. S.), mire-crow ; 

 Parson gull or maw, peewit, pewit, pickie burnet, pick or 

 pyk-maw, pick mire, pick sea, pictarn, pictarnie, pictarnitie (black- 

 headed), pine, pine-maw, plee, pleengie (young), pomerine skua. 

 Port Egmont hen, Potterton hen (black-headed), puit ; Red-leg, 

 red-legged pigeon, redshank, rig (smallest kind) ; Sabine's mew 



