APPENDIX. 2O5 



() The Chaff Cock. () The Flax Sparrow. ( 3 ) Denis of the 

 Cap, and Mary of the Trews. ( 4 ) The Holly Sparrow. ( 5 ) The 

 Thistle Sparrow. ( 6 ) The Wood Flame. ( 7 ) This is the little bird 

 that hunts the Cuckoo. ( 8 ) The Hunting Hawk. (") The Fishing 

 Crane. ( 10 ) The Screaming Crane. (") The Heather Hen. ( 12 ) 

 The Goat of the Frost. ( 13 ) The Sea Raven. 



( u ) This bird picks up his food when the tide is ebbing, and as 

 soon as it turns, he flies off in search of another ebbing strand, 

 which he never succeeds in finding. Hence the Irish proverb : 

 " Noir eirig an da thraig leis an n Gobachan a riamh !" i.e., *' The 

 Gobachan never succeeds in overtaking two ebbing strands." He 

 would have fared better by sticking to one. 



( l *) This bird is by some improperly called the Irish Ortolan. It 

 is found in large numbers on Inish vie Killane, one of the Blasquet 

 Islands, off the Coast of Kerry. It makes its nest in the rabbit- 

 burrows, and is easily caught by the Islanders, who salt and use it 

 as an article of food. 



