(also wease alley), an alleged local name of the skua (cf. SCOUTY-AULIN).
1849. Zoologist, VII. 2393. The common skua is a ‘wease-alley.’
1885. Swainson, Prov. Names Birds, 210. Richardson’s Skua (Stercorarius crepidatus)…. Weese allan (Orkney Isles).
