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Stonechat {kdp-en dthm), \ 

 c^ipin xMcinn (1), cloCji^n (G;, cxMrlin ce^nn vuX) (S\ cxMrcin i 

 cloc (9), c^ifUn (7). ' 



Ussher and Warren's Irish word is not in any dictionary 

 while O'Reilly's term cloicf-j^n is translated " Stonepecker." 

 I have never heard Stonepecker applied to the Stonechat, ; 

 but presume these words to be synonymous, for in Scotch 

 Gaelic this species bears a similar name to the Irish term \ 

 alluded to. The last word c^iflin or CAMfci'n seems to be : 

 the Whinchat. (Compare Whinchat). \ 



Stork (kur-wdn). • 

 cojAfv b^ti (10), co\\\yA V)Ar\ (6). 1 

 At present the Stork is an extremely rare visitor to I 

 Ireland. The fact that it has an Irish name tends to show ! 

 that it was more abundant in former times. The word 

 according to Kuno Meyer occurs in the Book of Leinster 

 and it is identical with the Scotch word. ! 



Swallow (dl-je). \ 

 -Ainle(7), xiinleos (6), t.Minle65(l), \:aIz6^ (1), goblin 5AOice(6). j 

 The third word is a corruption of ^inleos- "! 



Swan (did). ■ 



eAlA (1), A] (6), AlA (6), ^ipniiT) (6), geip (1), ^eine (6), $^11 (6), j 



5^0-0 (6), Of exit (6), fex\|A]:<Mi (6), fe-App-An (6). | 



Some of these terms are probably obsolete. Three .• 



kinds of Swan have been observed in Ireland, one of them j 



being an introduced species. Bewick's Swan is a regular 1 



winter visitor. '\ 



Swift. ; 



I am not acquainted with an Irish word. This bird 



is larger than a Swallow, and is dark -brown underneath. [ 



Teal (see Duck). i 

 Termagant (see Ptarmigan). 

 Tern or Sea Swallow (giir-og). ; 

 S^r^S (1), 5e4\t)t\65 (7). The first word is apparently a 

 corruption of sexxbf 65. In Scotch Gaelic there are the words ] 

 *' steardan, sternal, sternan and steirnal," meaning Tern, j 

 which ought to have some Irish equivalents. There are i 

 several kinds of Tern in Ireland. : 



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