Note on Canon Jackson's Bequest of Fossiis. 169 
Hail. Ai is the more correct form: of. A.S. egle, an ear of corn, O.E. eiles, 
Dors. hoiés, Suff. hawels, ete. See Folk-Etymology, p. 263. 
Joy-bird. The name commonly used in N. Wilts for the Jay. A reversion 
to the criginal meaning of the word. Fr. geai, etc., denoting the blithe and 
gay bird. See Folk-Etymology, p. 197. 
Mouse. “The chief muscles of the body were named from lively animals ; 
C9. » + . « mus., mouse, the biceps muscle of the arm, and so in A.S. 
and O.H.G. cf. musculus, (1) a little mouse, (2) a muscle.’ (Folk- 
Etymology, p. 615, sub Calf.) 
Ny the. Apparently a corruption of Fr. nid, a nest, from which also comes 
prov. eye, a brood of pheasants. See Folk-Etymology, p. 114, sub Eye. 
Scambling. In the Percy Household Book, 1511, “Scamlynge days”’ is 
of constant occurrence for jowrs maigres. 
Alote on Canon Jackson's Bequest of Fossils, 
By W. Cunnineron, F.G.S. 
« TA ‘HIS collection is contained in a large, well-constructed cabinet 
; f Js of forty-five dust-proof drawers, enclosed within folding 
doors. The drawers are 2ft. wide by 14ft. in breadth. 
The number of specimens is about five thousand eight hundred, 
of which nearly one half are from Wiltshire. Many of the others 
_ are from the British strata, but there is a large number, some of 
fi them exceedingly fine and interesting, from localities on the Conti-’ 
i nent. These were collected by our late friend during his early 
travels, and appear to have been obtained at considerable cost. 
_ The late Pleiocene fossils from Palermo, Venice, &c., and the 
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