"Except for breaking o' their timmer,
Or speaking lightly o' their limmer,
Or shootin' o' a hare or moor-cock,
The ne'er-a-bit they're ill to poor folk."
Virginian Colin.—"This beautiful quail, which is so well known in North America under the name of Bob White, was introduced into East Lothian in 1857," p. 244.
Common Sandpiper.—"In some places it is called killileepie, a name evidently derived from its oft-repeated cry," p. 297. [Killieleepsie in Swainson, p. 196.]
Dunlin.—"The Gaelic name of Pollaireun, given to the Dunlin in the Long Island, signifying bird of the mud-pits, expresses in a single word its habits better than any English or Scottish synonym," p. 322.
Sclavonian Grebe.—"The suggestive names of Water Witch and Hell Diver, applied to this bird in various parts of America, would lead us to suppose that collectors have had some difficulty in securing specimens for their cabinets," p. 407.
Black-throated Diver.—Its cry in dry weather. "The natives of Benbecula and North Uist compare it to Deoch! deoch! deoch! tha'n loch a traoghadh, which may be interpreted by the words 'Drink! drink! drink! the lake is nearly dried up!'" p. 415.
Common Guillemot, as the Gaelic Eun an t' a Sgadan "implies, is the Herring-bird of the Hebrides," p. 420.
Ringed Guillemot.—"Weeping guillemot, silver-eyed scout, and bridled marrot, are instances of local distinction among the fisher-men; but these names have evidently been acquired through intercourse with collectors," p. 425.
Little Auk.—Seafaring people on the shores of East Lothian and Fifeshire "call it the rotchie or sea-dove," p. 432. [They are "thought to indicate rough weather out at sea," says Dr. Wm. Anderson, writing from Brigus, Newfoundland, to Mr. Gray, on 8th Nov. 1869, p. 433.]
Fulmar.—"The oil which this bird yields by vomiting when caught is highly valued by the natives of St. Kilda as a cure for all diseases," p. 502. [A chemical analysis of the oil is given: "It is certainly a fish-oil, and it possesses nearly all the properties of cod-liver oil," etc.] William George Black.
