2 ' DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



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'ABHARARCAN-LCJACHRACH or ADHARCAN LUACHRACH. A Gaelic 

 name for the LAPWING ; lit. " the horned creature of 

 the rushes." 

 ACADIAN OWL. A North American species, supposed to have 



occurred once at Beverley, Yorkshire. 



ADEN GWYR: The WAXWING. (North Wales) lit. "wax- 

 wing." 

 ADERYN ADEIN GOCH : The REDWING. (North Wales) lit. 



" red-winged bird." 

 ADERYN BRONFRAITH. A Welsh name for the SONG-THRUSH ; 



lit. "thrush-bird." 



ADERYN CYWARCH : The LINNET. (North Wales) lit. " hemp- 

 bird." 

 ADERYN DU. A Welsh name for the BLACKBIRD ; lit. 



" black bird." The female is called Mwyalchen (=hen). 

 ADERYN DU'R DWR : The DIPPER, (North Wales) lit. " w?,ter 



blackbird." 

 ADERYN EIRA: The SNOW-BUNTING. (North Wales) lit, 



" snow bird." 

 ADERYN Y BWN. A Welsh name for the BITTERN ; lit. 



" boom bird." 



ADERYN- Y-CYRPH or ADERYN CORPH. A Welsh name for the 

 TAWNY OWL and the BARN-OWL; lit. "corpse 

 bird." 

 ADERYN-Y-CYRS : The REED-WARBLER. (North Wales) 



lit. " reed bird." 

 ADERYN- Y-DROELL. A Welsh name for the NIGHTJAR ; lit. 



" spinning-wheel bird." 

 ADERYN- YR-EIRA : The FIELDFARE. (North Wales) lit, 



" snow bird." 

 ADERYN- Y-TO. A Welsh name for the HOUSE-SPARROW; 



lit. " thatch bird." 



Aery or Aerie. An eagle's nest or a brood of eagles or hawks. 

 Occurs as airie, aiery, ayrie, eyery, aeiry, etc., in various 

 authors. Also as eyrie or eyrey, an incorrect form. 

 The derivation of this word is somewhat uncertain. 

 Murray seems to favour Fr. aire, fr. Lat. area, a floor or 

 space of level ground, which is the view held by Littre; 

 but Skeat thinks the original source is the Icelandic 

 an, an eagle, and hazards that the Fr. aire and Low Lat. 

 (not the class. Lat. word) area come from a similar source 

 (although he modifies this in his second edition). The 

 Low Lat. area is used by Ducange to denote the nest 



