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Article by Florence Russell (1984)

Coll-undrums. Which is What?
 
Birds of a feather flock together. Can you put the Scots bird names tothe English ones? Have a go - you'll know more than you guess! (Some names are interchangeable and may vary from district to district)
 
Bonxie Corbie Cushat Cran Ern-bleater Gled Gowk Guse Houlet Killie-Jeepie Laverock Maw Peeweet Pickmaw Picatarnie Skirlcrake Speug Whaup Black headed Gull Buzzard Corncake Cuckoo Curlew Goose Heron Lark Owl Plover Raven Ring Dove Sandpiper Seagull Skua Snipe Sparrow Tern Bonxie Corbie Cushat Cran Ern-bleater Gled Gawk Guse Haulet Killie.leepie Laverock Maw Peeweet PiQkmaw Picatarnie Skirlcrake Speug Whaup Skua Raven Ring Dove Heron Snipe Buzzard Cuckoo Goose Owl Sandpiper Lark Seagull Plover Black-headed Gull Tern Corncake Sparrow Curfew
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