XVIII PREFACE, 
debted for rescuing from utter, obli- 
vion its ancient tongue.* I was roused 
by the accounts given of this lan- 
guage, its copious. and. expressive 
terms, to carry on my former design 
of compiling the generic and. specific 
names after the manner mentioned, 
following the Linuzan method as 
nearly as possible. 
The scientific names, which . are 
marked by a circumflex, are given in 
the Irish character, and also in the 
Italic, for the use of those who may 
not be acquainted with the Irish let- 
ter. And those that follow are the 
synonimous names by which they are 
generally known, 
Seeing that a catalogue of the 
names, scientifically compiled, would 
appear rather bare, I proceeded fur- 
ther, so as' to give generic and spe- 
cific descriptions of each, in which I 
was 
* General Vallancey. 
