Birds
Found in 260 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1901
For the Love of Beasts, 1925
"For the Love of Beast", by John Galsworthty, is a booklet containing three stories on animal welfare and the relationship between people and animals. It was originally published in the "Pall Mall Gazette" and has been re-printed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Fragment of a note, vocabulary and place-name notes, 10 July 1870
Notes which read,' The St Kilda woman's buitseac[hd]. Starrag = A crow. Liabost, Lybster, Innoruige, Wick, Innorthorsai Thurso' [Liabost/Lybster, Inbhir Uige/Wick, Inbhir Theòrsa/Thurso, Gallaibh/Caithness].
Fragment of a poem beginning 'Chaidh eoin an geall caithream', 1894
Fragment of a poem [Ciad Miarail Chriosd or The First Miracle of Christ] which reads 'Chaidh eoin an geall caithream, Ann an coill nan cuach.'
Fragment of a poem beginning 'Guileag i guil sgeala mo dhunadh', 1871
Fragment of a poem, probably collected in Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Guileag i guil sgeala mo dhunadh, Turas na dunach' [Conaltradh nam Beathaichean or Conversation Between the Animals]. The poem is composed of four lines and appears to be the part of the poem attributed to an eala or the swan.
Fragment of a story entitled 'Am Bridein Sa'm Fheanag', 1895
Fragment of a story written down by John Ewen MacRury entitled 'Am Bridein Sa'm Fheanag'. The story tells how an oyster-catcher had a nest with its young in it and a crow came and sat on a rock above it. The largest of the oyster-catcher chicks went to leave the next but its mother got hold of it. The end of the story as it is here appears to be phrases to indicate bird calls.
Fragment of a story entitled 'Cuckoo', June 1887
Fragment of a story entitled 'Cuckoo', collected from Dun[can] Ceàm [Duncan Kemp], Cove, Poolewe [Poll-iùbh, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. The story tells how while dismantling a cairn in Lochadring, Geàrrloch [Loch an Draing, Gairloch] he found a bird, which looked dead but revived and so he put it back in the cairn. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Fragment of a story possibly about a bird and accompanying proverb, June 1887
Fragment of a story possibly about a bird that it made it ashore by being on a boat and a proverb which reads 'Cho seolta ri [si[o]n[nach]] na maoile'.
Gamete production and the fertile period with particular reference to domesticated birds, 1975
Located in Poultry Research Centre Staff Papers 1975.
Gene mapping in farm animals and birds: an overview, 1994
Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1994. Part 1.