hounds

hound _Harelda_ _hyemalis_ (Linn.). Old-squaw; "Hounds"; "Coc-caw-wee. . . .Gordon Trumbull in "Names and portraits of Birds" published in 1888, gives as one of the synonyms of this bird, "HOUND, a name applied in Newfoundland (the musical gabble of a flock being likene...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33704
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Summary:hound _Harelda_ _hyemalis_ (Linn.). Old-squaw; "Hounds"; "Coc-caw-wee. . . .Gordon Trumbull in "Names and portraits of Birds" published in 1888, gives as one of the synonyms of this bird, "HOUND, a name applied in Newfoundland (the musical gabble of a flock being likened to the cry of hounds.)" We found the name "Hound" still in common use along the Labrador coast. PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I Used I Not used

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