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The Irish Naturalist, 



December, 



Finch with a speckled wing — is rather suggestive of the 

 Brambhng, which comes to us in the winter. 



Gannet is known in Rathhn as -Abr-Aii. 



Geese and Ducks : — The following words are mentioned 

 by Bigger :— 



Barnacle Goose. — cx^tx^n. Grey Lag-Goose. — ^eA-o ^lAf. 

 Merganser. — polcx^6. Pintail. — piot:)xMtAe. Mallard. — \AtA 

 |\iAb-AC. Teal. — c|Ax\nnUc. Wigeon. — lo6Utinx\c. Eider 

 Duck. — mo|A. 



Goldfinch is called bwi'oeos 6inn oip. 



Golden Plover. — ireA-oos. 



Jackdaw. — pex^nn^5 toe^g. 



KiTTiwAKE Gull. — rs^^re^s. 



Lapwing. — fx\t)-AiACAn. 



Moss-CHEEPER is according to Praeger the Meadow Pipit. 

 The same word is also current in the north of England. 

 Bigger states that the Irish word is uifeog, which in most 

 parts of Ireland is applied to the Lark. Ussher and 

 Warren's |:iiireo5 for Lark is merely another form of the 

 same word. 



Nightjar. — ctii"6eM tnot\. 



Puffin is the term applied in Rathlin to the Guillemot, 

 while the Irish words given are ptilUAn and i:u.\|u\n. The 

 term eun T)ut) ^\ fSA-OAin is probably the Black Guillemot. 

 Bigger also mentions c^\l05 for this bird. 



Raven. — pitcAc. Carrion Crow. — j:e.\nn.\5 T)ut). Hooded 

 Crow. — pe<Minw5 sl^f- 



Sea Parrot is the true Puffin and the Irish word 

 .AlbxMixic used in Rathlin has also been employed for this 

 bird in Scotch-Gaelic. 



Scarf, the term used for Cormorant and Shag, is apparently 

 the anglicised form of the Irish rS^P^ which is commonty 

 employed in the north of Ireland and also in the Shetlands 

 for this bird. 



Sea-Swallow has been applied to various species of 

 Tern and also to the Petrel. The Rathlin word pevAc^c is 

 unknown to me. 



Skylark.— uifeA^. 



Snipe. — 5vi'D^\boct), 



