520 GUERNSEY DIALECT NAMES. 



Jug-e-vent. Kestrel. 

 Jaunet. Yellowhummer. 



Qnand m'n oreille ^coutait, ravie, 

 L'chant dcs jaunets ct clcs lignots. (Metivier). 

 When my car listcncrt, entranced, to the song of yellowharanicrs and 



linnets. 



Kllanjeon. Red-throuted Diver. 

 Lavresse. Wagtail. 



Ill (hiilbert's poem entitled Lcs Grands QHcrues two lines give m\ 

 unrivalled j^eii -picture of this bird, suggesting- with singular felicity in 

 the first portion the agility of the wagtail, and imitating musically in the 

 last six words its soft warbling twitter : 



Et la lavresse, a' meut, la couc en Fair, 

 Sauticottant, d'un pid vif et ligier. 

 And the wagtail runs, with its tail in the air, skipping along with a 

 quick and nimble foot. 



LigllOt. Linnet. 



Coum un lignot qu'a minchi I'u d'sa cage. (Metivier). 

 Like a linnet that has broken the door of its cage. 



Loehe-eoue. Wagtail. 



Metivier says this bird is so called at St. Peter-Port. 

 Lopiot. Golden Oriole. 



II y a un vier laurier flleuri, 

 Et daeux loriots, a vouaix fine et cllaire, 

 Bru et bruman, y font leux nic. {Metivier). 

 There is an old blossoming laurel, and two orioles, bride and bride 

 groom newly wed, singing sweetly, have built their nest in it. 



Malard. Drake. 



Coq et malard, sans pirette et sans poule. {Corhet). 

 Cock and drake, without duck and hen. 

 MaPgan. Gannet. 

 Maue or Mauve. Gull. 



Env'ya'iz-les dans les cotis es oeux d' maue. {Corbet). 

 Send them off to gather gulls' eggs on the cliffs. 

 La coue au vent, la mauve en miaoulant joue. {Metivier). 

 Tail to wind, the gull in wailing plays. 

 Mauvi. Redwing Thrush. 



This name is also used by Metivier to signify the Song Thrush, as in 

 the line : 



J' sufile coum un mauvi. 

 I am whistling like a thrush. 

 Mele. Blackbird. 



0-tu r m^le? I fait la vie dans les chlisiers. {Metivier). 

 Do you hear the blackbird warbling in the cherry trees ? 

 Melot. Young Blackbird. 



Qiiand 1' melot dira sa lure au vier p6rier. {Metivier). 

 When the blackbird sings his song in the old pear tree. 

 MePdeaux. Probably the Manx Shearwater. 

 Moine. Chaffinch. 



Moinc et lignot, s'ballotant su les ros. {Metivier). 

 Chaffinch and linnet, swaying on the reeds. 

 Mouette. Kittiwake Gull. 

 MouiSSOn : Mouissette. A bird of any kind. 



Lcs mouissons muchis dans I's yerres. 

 L'bec sous I'ailton, dormaient tous. {Metivier). 

 The birds hidden in the ivy, with beak under the wing, were all asleep. 



