346 WIGEON— WOODPECKER 



Bald Pate, black wigeon ; Common wigeon, cracker ; Diver ; 

 Freshwater; Easterling (male) ; Goldenhead ; Half-duck, harlaii ; 

 Ladybird or fowl (fern.) ; Pandle or pandle whew, pied, pochard ; 

 Red-headed pintail or wigeon ; Smee duck ; Vare ; Whew, whew- 

 duck, whewer, whim, whistler, winder, winter-duck ; Yellow-poll. 



In some places every wild duck is called a wigeon. 



WOODCOCK.— Budagoc, budagochd, butagochd (err.); Coil- 

 each-coille, corr-chaoch (Ir.), creabaire, creabhar, creathar, 

 creobhar, creothar, criodhar, croman-coillteach, crom-nan-duilleag, 

 cubhalag, cuUagh-ceach (Ir. — Connemara) ; Filbin, fudagag ; 

 Grailbeag ; Udacag, udagag, udarag. 



Becasse ; Muckle snippack ; Longbill ; Quis ; Snape ; Widcok, 

 wodecoc ; Yar whelp or whip (a kind of). It is also termed owl, 

 snipe, and sea-woodcock. 



Well known and numerous in West Highlands, etc., where it 

 is seen about November. This bird is noted for carrying its 

 young between its claws. The Irish Gaelic names are given to 

 it from the uncertain " blind " manner in which it first flies out 

 of cover. 



The " flesh " of the woodcock is termed " searcoil " or " searcoll," 

 as given in Diarmaid's remarks to Granine on returning from the 

 hill :— 



Is math do chuid a Ghrainne, Good is your provisions, O Granine, 



Carna tuirc le taobh tire, A lump of boar's flesh of the country- 



SearcoU na coilichea-fiodha, side 



Le bainne miath mine. Flesh of wood cocks, 



With soft smooth (creamy ?) milk. 



In the south a saying is current, " 'Tis winter amaist — when 

 the woodcock comes." 



Tha gob fad air a bhudagochd ; tha 'm budagochd gun ghob. 

 The woodcock has a long beak ; the woodcock has no beak. 

 This saying is " dark." 



WOODPECKER (or Pine grosbeak).— Cnag, cnagag-choille, 

 crag ; Lair-fligh, lairigidh, lasair-choille (green) ; Parr, parra, pic 

 (Old Celt.) ; Snag, snagaire-daraich, snagan and snagan-daraich or 

 mor. 



Acle, awl-bird (green) ; Barred, black and white poker, brown ; 

 Catbill, crank-bird, creeper, cutbill, cutter ; Daniel, dirt-bird ; 

 Eacle, eakle, eaqual, ecall, ecalle, eccle, eckle, eckwall, eeckw^all, 

 eecle, eekle, English parrot (green), equal, equaw, eqwal, etwall ; 

 French galley -bird or pie ; Great spotted or pied, green, green peak 

 or peck ; Haihow, hakel, hecco, hechele, heckle, heckwall, hecle, 

 hefFald, hefful (Craven), heighhaw (Salop), hew-hole, hickwall, 

 hickle, hickel, hickol, hicwall, hickwall, hickway, highawe-hoe or 

 hole, hoodall or awl, hufil ; Iceol, ickle, ickwell, icwell ; Jack-ickle, 

 jar-peg, jay, Jewell ; Knag ; Laughing bird, lesser spotted, little 

 wood pie ; Mick-mick ; Nicker, nicker-pecker, nickle ; Pick-a- 

 tree, popinjay, pump-borer ; Rain-bird fowl or pie ; Snapper, 



