328 RAVEN- REDWING 



Ma's olc am fitheach, cha 'n fhearr a chomunn. 



If bad be the raven, his company is no better. A man is 

 known by the company he keeps. 

 Meallaidh am biadh am fitheach bho 'n chraoibh. 



Food will lure the raven (even) from the tree. A most 

 suspicions and wary bird. 

 Nead air Brighdc, ubh air Inid, ian air Chaisg, mur bi sin ai^ 

 am fitheach, bithidh am has. 



Nest at Candlemas, egg at Shrovetide, bird at Easter, if 

 the raven have these not, death then is its lot. 

 Sasad (Sasachadh), fiach, fithad (? biathachadh) 'm bran. 



Sating of ravens, feeding of crows. An Irish saying. 

 Tha fios fithich agad. 



You have the raven's knowledge. More than natural. (See 

 Nicolson's note hereto.) 

 Tha gliocas an ceann an fhithich, or Fios ceann na fithich. 

 There is wisdom in the raven's head, or the knowledge of 

 the raven's head. 



RAZORBILL. — Coltraiche; Dubh-eunach, dui'-eineach ; Falc ; 

 Lamhaidh ; Sgrab, sgrabail, sgrabaire, sgrapaire. 



Ailsa-cock, alk, auk ; Bass-cock, baukie ; Cockandy ; Faik, 

 falk, fauk, fealty ; Greenland dove, gurfel ; Hellejay, hrogga ; 

 Marrot, murre ; Oke ; Pope, puffin ; Scout, sea-crow or parrot ; 

 Wil or willcock, wilkie, willick, willock. 



REDSHANK.— Bodda, bod-fili (Ir.) ; Camghlas, ceann-dearg 

 or deargan, clabhais-feach or fiach, cois-deargan, cosgach, cosgoch ; 

 Deargan, deargan-seilich ; Earr-dhearg ; Fili (Ir.) ; Gob-cabharrta, 

 gobharta, gob-labharta, gobhlan-bharta ; Maor-chladaich ; Raill- 

 each, ridgileanach, righguileanach or righuilleanach ; Tondhearg. 



Bessy, blue-throated redstart, brandtail, brantail, branter ; 

 Cambridge godwit, chevil hen, chevy linnet, clee ; Deers'-horn, 

 dusky redshank, sandpiper or sni})e ; Fiery or fire brantail, firetail, 

 frenchy (lesser) ; King, kitty brandtail ; Pellile, pool snipe ; 

 Red-leg, red-legged godwit horseman or snipe, red-pole, redstart 

 or tail; Sandcock, shake (Ir.), spotted redshank or snipe; Tatler, 

 teuk ; Watery pleeps, whin-grey, white-fronted redstart. 



This bird is among the most faithful to certain localities, the 

 male generally arriving a few days before the female, its bright 

 red tail being very conspicuous. The eggs are generally six in 

 number, and of a pale blue colour. A deer-warner. 



REDWING. — Deargan-sneachda ; Scraicheag, scraicheag-glas, 

 sgrath-dheargan, smeorach an-t-sneachda. 



Chywollock ; Felt ; Hen-felt ; Jackshowall, jannerd ; Little 

 felty-fare ; Pine redbird, pop ; Redling, red thrush, redwing mavis 

 or thrush, rudling ; Snow bunting, swine pipe (Pegge) ; Windle 

 (Corn.), wind thrush, winnard. 



