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not a vestige of black being distinguishable in either of the latter. 

 In 1424 an act was passed specially ordering the destruction of 

 rookeries, as the birds had become so injurious to grain, etc. 



RUALL. — Sruall (Dean of Lismore). Nothing can be 

 discovered as to this bird. 



RUFF. — Gibeagan, gibodan. 



Oxen and kine ; Reeve (fern.). 



This bird is akin to the sandpipers, and is so named from a 

 frill of feathers on its neck ; it is among the most quarrelsome 

 and pugnacious of birds, especially the males. 



SANDERLING or SANDLARK.— Eun-bochuinn or buchuinn ; 

 Farmachan-traghad. 



Curliwet, curwillet ; Melodious bird ; Ocean bird, ox bird ; 

 Ruddy plover ; Sand martin, sea lark, shore bird, stint ; Tow-willy. 



SANDPIPER. — Boag, bodhag, bog-an-loin, bothag ; Cam- 

 ghlas (purple), cama-lubach, crithein, curacag, curcag (Ir.) ; 

 Earrghainmhich ; Gobadail-iri ; Ladhran, ladhran-traghaid, luath- 

 aran ; Scrilleag, sgrailleag ; Trilleach-an-traghaid, trilleachan- 

 traighich, trilleachan. 



Bundle ; Dickie-di-dee, dunling (red-backed), dunne ; Fiddler ; 

 Grey sandpiper ; Heather peeper, horse-gawk, gouk, or gowk 

 (green) ; Iceewillee ; Killieleepsie, killieleepsy, killyleepsie or 

 leepsy, kittieneedie, knet, knot ; Landtripper ; Martin snipe ; 

 Pectoral sandpiper, pigmy curlew or sandpiper, purple sandpiper ; 

 Red-breasted sandpiper, red sandpiper, reeve, ruff; Sanderling, 

 sandie, sand lark, sandie laverock, sandling, sand snipe, sandtripper, 

 sanny, sea snipe, shad bird, shore snipe, skirl crake, skittery deacon, 

 stanepecker, steeniepouter, stint, summer snipe ; Tattler, tripper ; 

 Water junket or laverock, watery peeps or pleeps, weet-weet, 

 willywicket. 



The Gaelic name Gobadailiri is from Ross-shire (Loch Broom), 

 and means Goba-dath-li'-thraigh, the nebbed one of the colour of 

 the sea-shore, li, it will be known, is Old Celtic for sea. Another 

 form of this word " Gobarleery," is found in Sutherland, meaning, 

 it is thought, the "sea-coloured shore goat." The spelling in 

 Gaelic of neither is vouched for. 



SCOTER (see Diver). 

 SEA-GULL (see Gull). 

 SHAG (see Cormorant). 



