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fulmair, fulmaire ; Goillir, ^ui-lc-^iig ; Loireag, luaireag, luair- 

 ea^an, luaiseagan, luclia-fairge ; IValaracli, peitearacli. 



Allamotti, all.irmotli, alinonti; almouti, Alnmotti, assilag ; 

 Fork-tailed petrel, fulmar; (Jawlin (St Kilda), f^ourdel, gourder 

 (Ir.) ; Hatch-with-a-song, horii-finch ; Layer, little petrel, lyar, 

 lyre, lyrie ; Malduck, mallduck, mallemock, inallie, mallimauk, 

 inallimoke, mallimunk, malmock, marauk, Martin-oil, mithy, 

 mitty, Mother Carey's chicken ; Sea blackbird or swallow, shear- 

 water, speikintare, spencie, spency, storm finch or petrel ; Water- 

 witch, witch. 



Named or called after St Peter, from seeming to walk on the 

 water as he did till his faith failed. " Asaileag " or " Assileag" is 

 alleged to be from "easchal," a storm. "Fulmar" is just foul 

 mar or fugl mar, seagull or fowl in Icelandic. 



Though called " fulmar," the petrel is a far smaller and lighter 

 bird, in fact the smallest of sea or aquatic fowls ; an able ocean 

 wanderer, and seen far from land, where it comes only to breed, 

 the fulmar being, on the other hand, about the size of a moor-hen, 

 with a strong beak, and intensely oily and fat. A piper of St 

 Kilda composed a tune on the notes of the gawlin or petrel, 

 which tune is to be found in a volume of poems by the late Rev. 

 Mr MacCallum, Arisaig, to whom the world is much indebted 

 for this and other Celtic lore, etc. The fulmar is much sought 

 after, nay, almost worshipped, by the St Kildians, furnishing as 

 it does so much flesh and oil. The St Kildian maid's song to 

 this bird (the fulmar) will be found in the Gaidheal, Vol. VI., page 

 125. When the St Kildians hear the fulmar coming, they say 

 " Paisg mo chaibe, faigh mo ribe, chuala mi gug-gug 's a chuan." 

 Lay by my spade, get me my rope (snare), I heard goo-gook on 

 the sea. The " ribe " here means a hair rope once used for rock 

 climbing, or rather lowering ; now it is made of hide thongs 

 three-ply or fold, covered with sheep-skin or some similar 

 covering or material to prevent chaffing. This is a very valuable 

 and scarce possession, and has been known to form the dowry of 

 a bride ; it is also called " Ion " and " ball " — " Lon laidir na feuma," 

 the strong rope of need, being a St Kilda saying. 



The fulmar has been described or referred to as "half angel, 

 half bird," and more prosaically as " half fish-oil, half bird." 



PHALAROPE. — Deargan (red-necked); Glasan (grey). 

 Brown phalarope ; Coot-foot ; Grey phalarope ; Half- web red 

 phalarope, hyperborean phalarope ; Jacu. 



PHEASANT.— Easag ; Coileach-feadha (Irish). 



Ephesian, eye (brood) ; Jo-cock (male) ; Ni, ny ; Phaisian ; 

 Swish-tail ; The long-tailed one. 



The name of this beautiful and select fowl is derived from 

 being a Phasian bird, that is, having come from the district or 



