Birds
Found in 260 Collections and/or Records:
Story about birds, c1872
Story about birds which reads 'So said a gent[leman] to his son & br[in]g me home 20 birds for 20 pence 1/4 (quarter) glaisean 1/2 (half) lark 4 dove[s].'
Story about crossing a loch, quoting Iain Bhain, porter, 1892
Story about two men crossing Loch Etive at Runan carnan [Rubha nan Càrn, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] which quotes Iain Bhain, porter, as saying ' A little ban bird went up last night & s[aile]d between here before either of you'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Story about eagles eating a wounded hind, June 1887
Story about eagles eating a wounded hind, at Carn ban [An Càrn Bàn/Cairnbaan, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] that they cut the hind's artery and were eating at its chest flesh. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Story about geese on Ìle/Islay and vocabulary note, June 1887
Story about gravestones being mistaken for grey lag geese, 1887
Story about gravestones being mistaken for grey lag geese, in which a man by the name of [Captain Thomas?] Gray having mistaken gravestones at Clachan [Clachan na Luib, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] for greylag geese began to sketch them and make notes and continued to do so despite being told of his mistake by 'Norman the Bank'.
Story about how 'Slioc na Feanaig' got its name, August 1883
Story about how 'Slioc na Feanaig' [Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] got their name, in that two men found treasure and were to keep it secret but one of them told it to his wife and she told it to the crow. The story is incomplete.
Story about Mac a Chreachain, 1869
Story about ravens killing each other, 1901
Story about ravens killing each other in which Calum MacPhie, Miulay [Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] and his father on the way to the peats saw two ravens fighting in the air and then one fell down dead at their feet. 'The smell from it was awful'. Text has been scored through.