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The Gaelic Names of Birds. 79
COMMON SCOTEU.
Oideviia nifjra. Gaelic Tunmui-dhiihh (Grey) Welsh— Y
Fdr-llwyad dtlit
POCHARD, OR DUN BIRD.
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Latin Fidi'mda ferma. Gaelic Lach-vihasach, Lach-dkear^-cheannach,
TunmiQ-dhearrf-cJieamvxch. Welsh Uioyad bengock.
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Futi'jida cristata. Gaelic C urrachay, Cearm molach.
Welsh Uwyad (joppo(j.
LONC-TAILED DUCK.
hunn—Fuligula gladalis. Gaelic Fun-buchuinn, lan-buchain, Lachbhinn.
Welsh Hivyad (.lynffun (juennoL
Mr Grey says:— "The cry of this bird is very remarkable,
.uul has obtained for it the Gaelic name of Lach-lihinn—or
musical duck—which is most api)ropriate, for when the voices cf
a number of them are heard iii concert, rising and falling, borne
along by the bi-eeze between the rollings of the surf, the effect is
musical, wild, and startling. The united cry of a large flock
sounds very like bagpipes at a distance; but the note of a single
bird when heard very near is not so agi'eeable." The long-tailed
duck is often mentioned as a sweet singer by our old bards.
iMexander Macdonald says, in Allt an t-Siucair :
" Bidh guileag eala 'tuchan,
'S eoin-bhuchuinn am barr thonn,
Aig ionbhar Alt an t-Siucaii-,
'Snamh luth chleasach le fonn ;
Ri seinn gii moiteil cuirteil,
Le muineil-cliiuil 's iad crom,
Mar mhala pioba 's lub air
Ceol aoifidh, ciuin, nach trora."
He also says, in "Gran Rioghail a' Bhotail :
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'S binne na luinneag eoin-bhuchuinn,
Bhiodh ri tuchan am barr thonn,
Guileag do mhuineil a's giuig ort
Cuisle-chiuil a dhuisgeadh fonn.
GOLDEN EYE.
Fxdifjxda dangxda. Gaelic Lach-a-chinn-uaine, Lach-bhreac
\YQ\sh.—Llydad aur.
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