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The Gaelic Names of Birds. 53
HOOPOE.
\/d['\n r/mjHi e/)oj)s. Gaelic Calmnn-cathaiche (Alex. Macdonald).
Welsh— F iioppofj.
Au old saving, which Sheriff Nicolson .says is applied to sick
children, goes—Gob a' chalmain-chathaidh, hith tu slan mu 'm
pus thu— B«,'ak of hoopoe, you'll be well before you marry.
NUT-HATCH.
Latin— .S'iV/(f Europaa. GsidXic—Sgoltan. Welsh—2)f/o/- y enan.
This is mentioned as one of the rarer birds in the parish of
Killin in the New Statistical Account in 1843. It would be
interesting to know whether it has increased or decreased there
since then.
CUCKOO.
Latin Cvndus canorus. Gaelic Cuthaq, Cuach^ Ciiacha