Notes on the birds Langai[d], Dui and Seigire, 23 May 1869
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/37
Scope and Contents
Notes on the birds Langai[d], Dui and Seigire collected from Roderick MacNeil, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay stating that the Langaid has eggs but the Dui does not but that twenty years before the Dui had eggs before the Langai. The seigire or kittiwake nests are often washed away, as they are made from mud on the face of rocks. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: 23 May 1869
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 64 folios ; 17 x 20.3 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 21r, line 15 to folio 21r, line 20
Subject
- MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk