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Balaire-bodhain, ballaire or
ballaire-bothain or boar, the
common cormorant, larger
species of white - breasted
cormorant.
Ballan-oir, ball-oir, a wren ;
gold spot.
Baois, the sparrow.
Baothahi, a snipe.
BardaLj a drake, a mallard.
Beach, beathag, a bird, in some
places.
Bealbhan, beilbhean - ruadh,
beileaman-ruadh, a kind of
hawk, a buzzard or put-
tock.
Beicein-glas, the spotted fly-
catcher.
Beul-bhinn, the nightingale.
BiADHTACH, biatach, a raven,
corbie or corby, glutton (Skye
and Uist).
BiDEiN, a chirper, a young bird
or fowl.
BiGEAN, bigean-beag, bigein,
bigeun, any little bird, wren,
rock pipit, meadow pipit ;
the wee, little bird.
BiGEAN-BAiNTiGHEARNA, the moun-
tain linnet or twite (Uist).
BiGEAN or bigein-bride, oyster
catcher.
BiGEAN-MOR, the black shore-
lark ; big-little bird.
BiGEAN-sNEACHDA, the little snow-
bun ting.
BioRRA, biorra - cruidein, or
cruitein, biorra - 'n - iasgair,
bior-an-uisge, a kingfisher,
halcyon ; spit of the fisher,
long bill.
Bleidir, bleidire, common
buzzard, sorner.
Bleidir,-riabhach the honey-
buzzard.
BLEiDm-TONACH or molach, the
rough-legged buzzard, large -
hipped or bunchy sorner.
BoAG, bodhag, bothag, a sea-
lark, sandy laverock, ringed
plover, sandj)iper.
BocAN-LoiN, boc-sac or saic, a
snipe.
BoDACH-oiDCHE, the tawny owl.
BoD-CHEARC, a hawk.
BouDA, a redshank.
BoD-FiLi, redshank (Ir.).
BoDH, a ravenous bird.
BoGACiiAN, bog-an-lochan, the
dipper; also wheatear.
BoGANACH, a young puflin, or any
j^oung bird.
BoG-AN-LoiN, a snipe, sand-piper.
BoiDHEAG, a goldfinch.
BoiGEAR, a puffin.
BoNNAN, bonnamain, a bittern.
BoNNAN-BuiDHE or liona, a heron,
crane.
Braigheal, broigheal, a cor-
morant, the sea raven.
Bran, bran-eun, bran-fliitheach,
bran-orgain, a raven, rook,
royston crow.
Breacan-glas or sgiobalt, the
spotted fly-catcher.
Breac-an-t-sil, breacan-buidhe,
bricein - buidhe, the white,
grey, or pied wagtail, yellow
speckled little bird, or
chaffinch.
Breacan or bricein-baintigh-
earna, grey or pied wagtail,
spotted lady.
Breacan or bricean-beatha or
beithe, the chaffinch, linnet ;
little speckled bird of the
birch.
Breacan-buidhe, the yellow wag-
tail.
Breac-mhac, breac-mhuc, breac-
mhuch, a magpie.
Breid-air-toin, the hen harrier,
ring-tail hawk, hobey.
Bricean, bricein, a linnet, chaf-
finch, green lint-white, shilfa,
twite.