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Hibou. — French name for the Owl, without distinction of species, used by Les- 

 carbot and by Champlain in 1632. Denys used the name Cliat-huant, 

 without clearly distinguishing the species; the Acadians to-day apply 

 Chat-Jmant, to the Cat Owl (fide A. C. Smith), but the Canadian French 

 apply it to the Great Horned Owl, iftde C. E. Dionne). 



Hirondelle. — French name for the Swallow, used generically and extended 

 to the American species. Used first by Champlain in 1603 as Airon- 

 delle, and thereafter by others. Denys seems to refer particularly to 

 the Eave Swallow. 



Hippotames. — See Chevaulx de Mer. 



Homard, or Homar, or Houmar. — French name for the European Lobster, 

 extended to the American species. Used first by Lescarbot as Houmar, 

 and often by Denys, who impresses its appearance upon his French 

 readers, (to whom the true Lobster was little known), by calling it 

 Escrevisse de ma; or Sea-crayfish. Its presence had been recorded, 

 under the English name, for Newfoundland by Parkhurst in 1578. 



Houblon. — French name for the Hop, extended to the common wild species 

 of eastern Canada. Used first by Champlain in 1603. 



Hours. — See Ours. 



Hoursains. — See Ourcin. 



Huat, or Huart. — A French name applied both to the Sea-Eagle or Osprey 

 of Europe, and also to the Great Northern Diver, or Loon. It is in the 

 latter sense that Champlain uses the name in 1604 and in his list of 

 1632", for in both cases he includes it with waterfowl. It is still used 

 in this sense in Canada (fide C E. Dionne), but the Acadians call it 

 Riclicpoom (fide A. C. Smith). But Denys applied to the Loon another 

 common French name, Plon(jcon, though the Plongeons of Champlain 

 must have been Grebes and other Divers, including possibly the Dipper 

 or Marionette. The name Plongeon is also used for the Loon by the 

 • Canadian French, according to C. E. Dionne. 



Hluistre. — French name for Oyster, extended naturally to the American 

 species. Used first by Champlain in connection with his New England 

 journey, and in 1607 in connection with Cape Breton, apparently the 

 earliest mention of the Oyster in Canada, apart from some erroneous 

 English references to its occurrence in Newfoundland. Denys men- 

 tions the Oyster very often, with some valuable statements as to 

 its distribution in his time. 



Hurts. — See Blue. The name is still applied to Blueberries in Labrador (C. 

 W. Townsend). 



If, Iff, Yff. — French name for the Yew, which, as a tree, does not occur in 

 America. Hence the tree mentioned by that name by Cartier must 

 have been our nearest representative of the Yew, the Hemlock. Men- 

 tioned by Cartier in 1534 as ijfs, but not mentioned, curiously enough, 

 by Champlain, Lescarbot or Denys. The name is applied by the French 

 Canadians to the Ground Hemlock, according to l'Abbé Provancher. 

 Sec. II., 1909, 16. 



