XCIV 
BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
Local Name. 
Grey Wagtail . . 
Hoodie, Hoodie-Craw . . 
Kingfislier 
Moorhen, Muirhen 
Pirr 
Redlegs . . 
Redpoll . . 
Rock-Dove 
Snowbird 
Stanechacker 
Stockannet, Stockgander 
Water-Crow 
Wee Horned-Owl 
Wood-Lark 
Woodpecker 
Yellow Wagtail . . 
I append to this 
birds, a list of some 
throughout the text 
objects. These need 
but their explanation 
Blue hare = 
Burn — 
Caul = 
Dowie = 
Dyke = 
Fash = 
Holm 
Linn = 
Species Iim tended. 
Often apphed to the Pied Wag- 
tail. 
Often apphed to the Carrion- 
Crow. 
Often applied to the Dipper. 
Old names for the Red Grouse. 
Applied indifferently to the Arctic 
and Common Tern. 
For the Redshank. 
Often apphed to the Linnet. 
For the Stock-Dove. 
For the Fieldfare. 
For the Wheatear. 
Apphed both to the Sheld-Duck, 
and the Goosander. 
Often apphed to the Cormorant 
(on the coast) : but to the 
Dipper (inland). 
For the Long-eared Owl. 
* . For the Tree-Pipit. 
Often apphed to the Tree-Creeper. 
Often apphed to the Grey Wag- 
tail. 
catalogue of " local misnomers " for 
words which occur from time to time 
used in Dumfriesshire for famihar 
no " translation " for the local reader, 
may perhaps be useful to others 
mountain-hare ; L. timidus (Linnaeus), 
the L. variabilis of Pallas, 
a rivulet, 
a weir, 
mournful, 
a fence of stone, 
trouble. 
rich flat land beside a river, 
a water-fall. 
