NIGHTJAR— OUSEL 305 



NIGHTJAR (see Snipe), — Gabhar or gobhar-adhair. 



Air-goat ; Churr-owl ; Dor-hawk ; Eve-churr ; Fern-owl ; 

 Gnat-hawk, goat-chafFer, owl or sucker ; Jar-owl ; Moth-hawk ; 

 Night-churr, crow, hawk or swallow ; Razor-grinder ; Scissor- 

 grinder, screech-hawk, spinner ; Wheel-bird. 



The above names are derived from strange, whirring, jarring, 

 goat-like sounds emitted or, uttered by it ; also like a spinning- 

 wheel. 



NUTHATCH.— Gobach, gob-sgoltan ; Sgoltan. 

 Jobbin ; Nutcracker, nutjobber or tapper ; Woodcracker. 

 The name is derived from this bird's habit of striking or 

 splitting and hacking nuts, etc. 



OS PREY. — An t-eun fionn ; Cairneach, coirneach, cnaimh- 

 bhristeach ; Griobh (Dean of Lismore) ; lasgair-cairneach, iolair- 

 mhara-uisg* or uisge ; Preachan-ceannan. 



Bald buzzard, bearded vulture ; Eagle fisher ; Fish or fishing 

 eagle or hawk ; Mullet hawk ; Ospray, ospring (Palsgrave), 

 ossifrage ; Water eagle. 



This bird holds its own, and is said to be on the increase, 

 Lochiel and Grant of Rothiemurchus both encouraging nesting. 



Contraction of "ossifrage," or bone-breaker, from bird's strength. 

 The skin of this bird, with feathers on, applied warm to the 

 abdomen, is said to help to cure colic. 



OSTRICH. — lasgair-cairneach ; Oistric ; Sruth, struth, struth- 

 chamhuU. 



Astridge, austridge, estridge (Shakesp.) ; Hosterage ; Ostridge. 



Two ostriches, with a horse-shoe in each of their bills, appear 

 in the arms of Maclean of Duart. 



OUSEL (see also Blackbird). — Druid-dhubh or mhonaidh, 

 dubh-chraige ; Gobha-dubh or gobha-dubh-nan-allt, gobha-uisge ; 

 Lon, lon-cheilearach (ring), lon-mhonaidh ; Rear, rear-gagan (Ir.), 

 reasg ; Smaolach. 



Blackbird-chacker or smith ; Cowboy, crag ouzel ; Dipper, 

 ditch blackie ; Flitter or flitting chack ; Gaudnie; Hill chack ; 

 Michaelmas-moor-mountain blackbird, coUey, ouzel or thrush ; 

 Ouzel, ouzle ; Ring blackbird, ouzel or thrush, rock blackbird, 

 ouzel or starling, roundberry bird ; Tor ouzle ; Water-craw or 

 woosel, whistler. 



The ouzel or flitting-chack is looked upon in Orkney, when 



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