Eggs
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Notes on the birds Langai[d], Dui and Seigire, 23 May 1869
Notes on the birds Langai[d], Dui and Seigire collected from Roderick MacNeil, MiĆ¹ghlaigh/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.
Story about bird hunting, 23 May 1869
Story collected from Ruary an Ruma [Roderick MacNeil], MiĆ¹ghlaigh/Mingulay, telling how he stood on a ledge and got '8 score & 14 [birds] [larg[e] & Din] & 300 eggs. 20 score & 12 score he stearadh one day.' He adds that the dog would help him by jumping up when the birds flew. 'He lost 18 dogs with the rocks.' The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.