78 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Golden Plover, Charadrius pluvialis. *Ushag reaisht, 

 reeaisht, or reeast (M. S. D. and Cr.)=Bird of the waste. *Fedjag 

 (pr. Fashag) reeast (Cr. and M. S. D.)= Whistler of the waste ; 

 Feddag (M.S.D.). Cf. Sc. Gael. Feadag, Feadag-bhuidhe ; I. 

 Feudog. See Blackbird, supra. Some Manx people say Ushag- 

 reeast is applied to some smaller bird, perhaps the Redwing or 

 Snow Bunting; but the legend, with its imitation of the Plover's 

 well-known cry, cannot apply to either of these. Mr. Moore says 

 this is also the " little red bird of the black turf-ground " in the 

 ballad on pp. 149, 150 of ' Manx Folk-lore ' ; but the description 

 seems very inappropriate. 



Ringed Plover, ^Egialitis hiaticula. (Miller or Millard ; Sand- 

 lark; Sea-lark; this and other small shore-birds.) I do not 

 know the etymology of the first two names ; perhaps simply 

 English "Miller " from the bird's colouring. Can it have any 

 connection with Norse " Sandmyla " (Holmgren, ' Skan. Foglar,' 

 ii. 7C6)? 



Lapwing, Vanellus cristatus, (Peewit.) *Eairkan (M. S. D.) ; 

 Earkan (Cr.). The " Lapwing " of Lev. xi. 19 is also so rendered 

 in the Manx Bible. Derived from Eairk, "a horn." Cf, Sc. 

 Gael. Adhareag-luachrach, Adharean-luachrach ; I. Adhairein ; 

 Welsh Conchwiglan; Bret. Kernigel. There is a hill-farm in 

 Lezayre called Parknearkin or Park-ny-earkan ; and Mr. Moore 

 derives from the bird's name also the appellation of a shore in 

 Maughold, Traie ny Earkan or Earaghyn, which I have heard 

 locally explained in the same way ; but a different and perhaps 

 more likely derivation is given in 'Yn Lioar Manninagh,' vol. i. 

 part ii. p. 75. 



Oystercatcher, Hcematopus ostralegus. *Garey-vreck; *Garee- 

 breck (Cr.) ; *Bridgeen. Vreek = Pied. For the meaning of 

 Garey, see 'Fauna of the Outer Hebrides,' p. 117, where the 

 equivalent Gearra is said to be applied to various animals and 

 birds. In the same volume Gearra-breac is given as a name for 

 the Black Guillemot (Uria grylle) . Cf. Sc. Gael. Bridean, Gille- 

 bride; I. Gillebride. 



Snipe, Gallinago coelestis, *Coayr-heddagh (M. S. D.) ; Coar- 

 chrattagh (Cr.) ; two attempts at spelling the same sounds. *Coar- 

 ny-heddagh. Cf, Sc. Gael. Gobhar Athar ; I. Gobhar-oidche ; 

 German Himmelziege ; French Chevre celeste, &c. Coar 

 (Crane) in the Manx names should doubtless be Goar (Goat). 



