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28 Gaelic Society of Inuerness.
diocesan episcopacy under the supremacy of the Bishop of Rome,
until the time of King David thtj First. To trace the process of its
decay would ])e iuterestiiii;, but this paper has already extended to
too great a length.
16th December 1885.
At tlie meeting on this date the following new members were
elected, viz.: —Miss Marion Ferguson, 2.3 Grove Road, St John's
Wood, London, lionorary member; Mr George Black, National
Museum, Edinburgh ; and Dr Thomas Aitken, Lunatic Asylum,
Inverness, ordinary members.
Some routine business having been transacted, the Secretaiy
read the .second* instalment of the paper on " The Gaelic Names
of Birds,"
cudbi-ight.
by Mr Charles Fergusson, Oally, Gatehouse,
Mr Fergusson's paper was as follows
Kirk-
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GAELIC NAMES OF BIRDS.
Part II.
LONG-EARED OWL.
Otusvufgm'is. Gaelic Cotnhachag,Cii))ihncJiag-a(/hnrc(iicfi.
Welsh Dylluan goriiiog.
SHORT-EARED OWL.
Otus hrachyotus. Gaelic Cumhachag-chluasach. Welsli
—Dylluan glustiog.
BARN OWL.
Latin Stiix Jlammea. Gaelic Cumhacluig, Caillench-oid/icJie,
Cailleach-oidhche-bhan,
wen.
Cumhachag-bhan. Welsh Dyllnmi
The hooting of this owl is supposed in the Highlands to fore-
tell rain, hence the old saying— "Tha 'choinhacliag ri bron, thig
tuiltean oirnn "—The owl is mourning, rain is coming.
TAWNY OWL.
Latin Syrniuim-strodch. Gaelic Gumhachag-dlioim, Cicnihachag-rnadh,
JSodach-oidhche, Gailleachoidhche. Welsh
Dylluan frech.
Tliis owl is very common in the wooded parts of the High-
lands, and his nielanchol;y hooting at night has been the cause of
* For the first part of Mr Fermisson'a paper, sec "Transactions,"
Vol. XI., page 240.
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