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Old Irish. Oss, deer; Braichem, stag (G. C.) ; Seg, deer 

 (C. M. R.) ; Bru, hind (G. C). 



Fallow Deer {Dama da/na, Linnaeus). 

 Dathas, Dathais ; Damhasg (MacB.). 



Irish. Fiadh-ruadh (1 Kings iv. 23). Fiadh-fionn (Deut. 

 xiv. 5). 



Roe Deer {Capreolus capreolus, Linnaeus). 



Earb ; Boc-earba, roe-buck; Ruadh-bhoc (1 Kings iv. 23); Lub 

 (MacR.) ; Maoiseach, doe (MacB.) ; Maoisleach, doe (McA.) ; 

 Meann, fawn ; (also kid of goat). 



Irish. Earb; Fearbog (C. M. R.) ; Pocadh-fionna, pi. (1 

 Kings iv. 23) ; Pocriiadh, roebuck (Deut. xiv. 5). 



Whale. 



Muc-mhara, sea swine (sing, generic) ; Miol-mor, great beast 

 (C. M. R.) ; Miol-mhara (C. MacD.) ; Muca-mara mora, "great 

 whales" (Gen. i. 21); Cana, young whale (MacB.); (but see under 

 " Porpoise"). 



Irish. Falain; Ore ("whence Orkney," C. M. R.). 

 Old Irish. Bloach, Para, Magar, "are older and more 

 obscure" (G. C.) ; Bled-mil, animalia maris, monsters (G. C.) 



Porpoise (Phocoena pkoccena, Linnaeus). 



Muc-bhiorach, beaked, pointed ; Muc-steallain, splasher (McA.) 

 Peilig (MacB.); Puthag, blower (E. R. A.); Cana (MacB.); 

 Canach. 



EXTINCT BRITISH MAMMALS. 



Bear {Ursus arctos, Linnaeus). 



Math-ghamhain, gamhain, ox ; Math-ghamhainn (McA.) ; Man- 

 gan (MacB.); Mathan (E. R. A.). 



Irish. Math-ghamhuin ; Beithir (Irish Bible, Is., xi. 7 ; Lam. 

 iii. 10; Dan. vii. 5); Ursa; Ursan (masc), Ursog (fem.), from 

 Latin, given in Irish dictionaries ; Rustog, by metathesis from 

 Ursog (C. M. R.). 



Wolf (Cams lupus, Linnaeus). 

 Madadh-allaidh, wild dog ; Madadh-galla, colloquial rendering 



