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Birds of prey

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Two stories of sparrows caught by merlins in Edinburgh, June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/115
Scope and Contents

Two stories of sparrows caught by merlins in Edinburgh which relates how one was caught in front of a cab driving along Princes Street and another at Portobello in 1887. Also notes that a white-winged sparrow had been seen in Princes Street. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: June 1887

Vocabulary notes for birds of prey, June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/196
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary notes for birds of prey including 'An t-Seobhag Bheag ghorm - most in braes in long heather' and 'Buzzard = Clamhan'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: June 1887