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Description of a great northern diver, 21 September 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/235

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Description of a great northern diver seen flying on the surface of the sea on the road between Bay Cottage, Bonawe [Bun Abha, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] and Glenlonan [Gleann Lonain].

Dates: 21 September 1884

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael probably while he lived at 31, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, as this address is written in ink on the first folio. Written on the inside front cover but heavily scored is text which reads 'Mrs Malcolm MacLeod, [- Islay], widow of Mal[colm] MacLeod [Loch-]. The majority of the notebook contains material collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/ Islay relating folklore and natural history about the birds, fish, shellfish and animals found in and...

Dates: 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

List of names and place-names connected with birds and a saying, 9 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/99

Scope and Contents

List written on Giodha [Giogha/Gigha, Earra Ghaidheal/Argyllshire] of bird names and place-names there and in Cinn Tìre/Kintyre connected with birds and a saying which reads 'Posadh thar beinn 's goisteac thar fo lingeara' and explaining 'Lingearac' as 'Midden'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 9 June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about a cave 'Ua[mh] nan cathag nam casa dearg', August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/104

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Note about a cave 'Ua nan cathag nam cas dearg' [Uamh na Cathaig, Lios Mòr/Lismore] said to contain stalagmites and stalactites. Close to it, at Salen [An Sàilean], is a well, which is covered at half-flood and on which 'lianaiach' [sea-ware] grows. The note states that the last of the bird 'cathag nan casa dearg' [chough] was killed by a Rankin in Fort William [An Gearasdan, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire]. An illustration, possibly of a feather, is included.

Dates: August 1883

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about birds found on Islay, 4 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/5

Scope and Contents Note about birds found on Islay including 'Catheag C- bheag nan cudainean' [possibly cathag-dhearg chasach the red-legged crow or chough] describing how it catches its food from the sea; a note on the fhaoilean [faoileann or seagull]; the call of the brid [oyster-catcher]; that the loinean [blackbirds] are the same size as druidean [starlings] and that 'No dog will eat the bone of the truide[ag]' [druideag or starling] because a starling 'gave seed to the prophet of old' and the prophet gave...

Dates: 4 June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about birds killing other birds, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/38

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Note about birds killing other birds probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Saw ravens kil[lin]g hens here Gulls kill[in]g ducklings'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about Donald Macmhuraich's dogs, 4 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/7

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Note about Donald Macmhuraich's [Donald Currie] dogs which reads 'Donald Macmhuraich three scores of times had dogs [call] to the Druid[eag] with diff[erent] dogs this'. Text has been scored through in pencil perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 4 June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about [hawks], June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/94

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Note about [hawks] probably collected on Ìle/Islay which reads 'Glasag like cruban. Geamhsag beagan giobach air na meuran'.

Dates: June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about the bird 'Balaire-bothan' [white-breasted cormorant] and fragment of a song, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/33

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Note about the bird 'Balaire-bothan' [white-breasted cormorant] probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay, which reads 'Balaire-bothan larger than sgart [scart] - white spot on thigh'. Also includes a fragment of a song beginning 'Deoch do dh iarr balair bothair'.

Dates: June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Note about the bird 'Brid' [oyster-catcher], 4 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/12

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Note about the bird 'Brid' [oyster-catcher] which states that if a gale comes from the north then the bird leaves the north shore and goes to the south shore and the reverse is also true.Text has been scored through in pencil perhaps to indicate it has been transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 4 June 1887

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Description of a great northern diver, 21 September 1884

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887

List of names and place-names connected with birds and a saying, 9 June 1887

Note about a cave 'Ua[mh] nan cathag nam casa dearg', August 1883

Note about birds found on Islay, 4 June 1887

Note about birds killing other birds, June 1887

Note about Donald Macmhuraich's dogs, 4 June 1887

Note about [hawks], June 1887

Note about the bird 'Balaire-bothan' [white-breasted cormorant] and fragment of a song, June 1887

Note about the bird 'Brid' [oyster-catcher], 4 June 1887

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