Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: <1700, 1700, 1808
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BOUGER, Bowger, Bulker, n. The puffin, Fratercula arctica (Hebrides 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 220, bouger, bulker). Given as obs. in N.E.D. s.v. bowger.Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Bowger, the puffin, or coulter-neb, a bird.w.Islands 1698 M. Martin Voyage to St Kilda (1934) ii.:
The bouger, by those in St Kilda so called, . . . is of the size of a pidgeon, its bill is short . . . of two colours; near the head, of an ash colour, and red towards the point; the feet are yellow, the claws of a dark blue; all the back black, breast and belly white.
