332 SHEARWATER— SNIPE 



SHEARWATER.— Fachach (fatling) ; Sgrab, sgrabail, sgra- 

 baire, sgrapaire, sgriob. 



Booty ; Cockathrodon, crew ; Hackbolt, hagdown (greater) ; 

 Layer, lyar, lyre, lyrie ; Mackerel cock, Manx shearwater ; Night 

 bird ; Saraber, scrabe, sea maw, shookie. 



This bird is so called from shearing or skimming the water. 

 It is thought to have given way to the puffin in certain places. 

 It is, or was used, salted in barrels for winter consumpt. It used 

 to be very plentiful off the Calf of Man, hence one of its titles. 

 The fat young (fachach) used to be given in payment of rent 

 annually to a landlord, and that in great quantities. 



SHELDRAKE (see also Goose). — Cradh-gheadh, cra-gheadh, 

 cra-gheal. 



Bardrake, bargander, bargoose, bayduck, burranet, burrough 

 or burrow-duck ; Ganner, gargander ; Links goose ; May duck ; 

 Piedent, pied-duck, pirennet ; Scald or scale drake, scale or skail 

 draik or drake, sheld fowl, shell duck, shield drake, skeel duck 

 or goo, skeeling-goo or goose, skeldrake or goose, sly goose, St 

 George's duck, stockannet or ent. 



Called " sheld," from being parti-coloured. 



They are very numerous in Uist, which is spoken and sung of 

 as " Uithisd nan cra-gheadh " ; they are also plentiful all over the 

 West Highlands. 



SHOVELLER (see also Duck).— Gob-leathan. 

 Blue-winged shoveller, broadbill ; Red-breasted shoveller ; 

 Shovel-bill. 



SHRIKE. — Buideir, buidseir ; Piaid or pioghaid-ghlas (grey). 



Butcher bird ; Cuckoo's maid ; Flasher, flesher, flusher (red 

 backed), French magpie; Garrotter; Jack baker; Mattages, 

 mountain magpie, murdering pie; Nine killer; Pope; Strangler ; 

 Wariangle, weirangle, white-wisky-John, wood shrike. 



From Icelandic " shrikja," shrieker ; called butcher bird, from 

 its habit of impaling its victim on a thorn or prickle. 



SISKIN (see Finch). 



SMEW (see Goosander). 



SNIPE (see also Nightjar). — Amadan-mointich ; Baothair, 

 bocan-loin, boc-sac or saic, bog-an-loin, budagoc, budagoch, 

 butagochd ; Croman-beag (Jack), croman-loin, cubhag ; Ean or 

 eun-ghabhrag ghobhrag or ghurag, eunarag, eunorag, eunrag ; 

 Faosg ; Gabhar-adhair, gabhrag-bheag (Jack) ; lanrag ; Lean- 

 ghobhrag, leon-dhrag ; Meagadan, meannan-adhair, meantan; 

 Naosg, naoisg, naosga, naosgamh ; Trag. 



Bog-bleater ; Caprimulgus, common snipe ; Dame-ku (Jack), 

 dor-hawk, double snipe, dotterel ; Earn or ern-bleater or bliter. 



