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GLOSSARY 



Isaac : the Hedge Sparrow 

 Ivy Owl : the Barn Owl 



Jack Curlew : the Whimbrel 



Jackdaw 



Jack-nicker : the Goldfinch 



„ Saw : the Goosander 



„ Snipe 

 Jar Owl : the Night Owl 

 Jay, Jay Pie, or Jay Pyet 

 Jenny : the Wren 

 Jid or Judcock : the Jack Snipe 



Kadder and Kae : the Jackdaw 

 Kamtschatka Tern : the Black 



Tern 

 Katabella : the Hen Harrier 

 Kate : the Hawfinch 

 Katogle : the Eagle Owl 

 Kiddaw : the Guillemot 

 King-Harry : the Goldfinch 

 Kip : the Tern 

 Kirktullock : the Shoveler 

 Kirmew and Kirmow : the Tern 

 Knee : a name often given, 



though inaccurately, to the 



junction of the tarsus and tibia 



of a bird. 

 Knot 



Lamhi or Lavy : the Guillemot 

 Land Curlew : the Great Plover 

 Lary : the Guillemot 

 Laughing Goose : the White- 

 fronted Goose 

 Lavrock : the Skylark 

 Leg-bird : the Sedge Warbler 

 Lesser wing-coverts : the feathers 

 which overlie the greater wing- 

 coverts, or those next the quills 

 Ling-bird : the Meadow Pipit 

 Linlet : a young Linnet 

 Lobefoot : the Phalarope 

 Long-tongue : the Wryneck 



Loom or Loon : the Diver 

 Lore : the space between the beak 



and the eye 

 Lough Diver : the Smew 

 Lum, Lungy : the Guillemot 

 Lumme : the Diver 

 Lyre : the Manx Shearwater 



Madge H owlet : the White Owl 



Maglowan : a name for the Divers 



Magpie Diver : the Smew 



Malduck, or Malmarsh : the Ful- 

 mar 



Mallemoke : the Fulmar 



Mandibles : upper and under, the 

 two portions of a bird's bill 



Man-of-war bird : the Skua 



Manx Shearwater : the Manx 

 Petrel 



Market jew Crow : the Chough 



Marrot : the Guillemot and 

 Razorbill 



May-bird, or Mayf owl : the Whim- 

 brel 



Mavis : the Thrush 



Meadow Crake, or Drake : the 

 Gallinule 

 „ Pipit, Titlark or Titling 



Meggy-cut-throat : the White- 

 throat 



Merlie : the Blackbird 



Mew or Mow : a Gull 



Millithrum : the Long-tailed Tit 



Minute Gallinule : the Little 

 Crake 

 „ Merganser : the young 



Smew 

 „ Tringa, the Little Stint 



Mire Snipe : the Snipe 



Mistle Thrush, or MistletoeThrush 



Mitty : the Petrel 



Mock-bird : the Sedge Warbler 

 „ Nightingale : the Blackcap 

 and Garden Warbler 



Monk : the Bullfinch 



Moor Blackbird, or Ouzel : the 

 Ring Ouzel 



