4 18 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Cjmboj;. Cancer pagunos Linne, The Edible or Great Crab. —Clare Island, 

 Achill Sound, Cloghmore, &e. See Note A. 



Cti&n iiiA]\&. Echinus esculentus Limie. Common Sea-Urchin. — Clare Island; 

 a name of very obscure meaning. 



"OonnATiAc. Motella mustela Linne. Five-bearded Eockling. — Clare Island. 

 The name is perhaps connected with t)onii, brown, in allusion to the colour 

 of this common shore fish, often found between tide-marks on the island. 



"Ovnllicin. i Mytilus edulis Linne, Common Mussel. — General in Clare 



"Ouhlicin. ( Island. The name is applied especially to the dwarf form 

 incurva of the Common Mussel, which often covers flat half- tide reefs 

 with large sheets of densely packed blue-black shells. The name is no 

 doubt compounded of -onto (black) and le&c (genitive Lice) a flat stone, 

 and may be rendered, Little Black Bock [shell]. 



e&^con. Conger vulgaris Cuvier, Conger Eel. — A general term for eel, often 

 applied to the Conger in Clare Island. 



£&ocati. Littorina littorea Linne, Common Beri winkle. — In general use in 

 Clare Island not only for this species, but as a generic term in the widest 

 sense, including several scientific genera of Testaceous Gasteropods, such 

 as Purpura, Buccinum, Trochus, and Littorina. At Lake Tacumsin in 

 Wexford 1 met with the variant pe&CAn — see "P&ocoj;. 



f&ocAn -oub, Black Fweecawn. Littorina, littorea, Linne. Applied to the 

 Common Beriwinkle by a Binvyle man at Louisburgh. 



1-Voc<mi C6.p6.ill, Horse Pweecawn. Pv/rpura lapillus Linne, Dog Winkle. — 

 Used at Clare Island and at Binvyle. 



lT6.oc6.ii i«^i 6.11m, Iron Pweecawn. Buccinum tmdatnm, Linne, Whelk. — 

 Used at Bossmindle, Clew Bay, the name being suggested no doubt by 

 the hardness of the shell — see p 6.0665 i6.ji6.inn. 



■p&ocAn 1Tliii]ie, Virgin Mary's Fweecawn. Trochus umbilicatus Montagu. — 

 Clare Island and Binvyle. See Note C. 



1^0665. Littorina, littorea Linne. — At Cloghmore near the southern opening of 

 Achill Sound this name takes the place of the Clare Island "P&ocau, and, 

 like it, is applied both specifically to the Common Beriwinkle and 

 genericaUy to other univalves. 



■p^ocog ltiAtiwo, Dog Fweecoge. Purpura lapillus Linne, Dog Winkle. — 

 This is the Cloghmore substitute for the Clare Island "P&oc&n c&p&itl. 



V'6.0665 161I6.1H11, Iron Fweecoge. Buccinum undatum Linne, Whelk. — 

 Cloghmore, equivalent there to the Bossmindle Paocau i6]\6inn. 



■pioga-c. Aeanthias vulgaris Bisso, Piked Dog-fish. — Clare Island and Clogh- 

 more. In Clare Island I was told that this fish was sometimes eaten, 

 aud that oil was formerly made of it for use with rush-lights and lamps. 



