2 DICTIONARY OF NAMES OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
ABHARARCAN-LUACHRACH 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. 
“ved-winged bird.” 
ADERYN BRONFRAITH. A Welsh name for the SONG-THRUSH ; 
lit. “ thrush-bird.” 
ADERYN CywaRCcH: The LINNET. (North Wales) lit.“ hemp- 
bird.” 
ADERYN Dv. A Welsh name for the BLACKBIRD; | lit. 
‘black bird.”” The female is called Mwyalchen (=hen). 
ADERYN DUR DWR: The DIPPER. (North Wales) lit. “ water 
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-CyReH 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.” 
ApERyn-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 Littré; 
but Skeat thinks the original source is the Icelandic 
ari, 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 
