72 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



O'Eeilly and O'Donovan, ' Irish-English Dictionary,' Dublin. 



Harvie Brown and Buckley, ' Vertebrate Fauna of Outer Hebrides,' 



Edinburgh, 1888; from which the references to Scotch Gaelic 



are mainly taken. 

 Macpherson, ' Fauna of Lakeland,' Edinburgh, 1892. 

 Mitchell, 'Birds of Lancashire,' London, 1892. 

 Holland, 'Faune Populaire de la France,' tome ii., Paris, 1879. 

 Moore, ' Surnames and Place-names of the Isle of Man,' London, 1890. 

 Moore, ' Manx Folk-lore,' Douglas, 1891. 

 4 Manx Note-book,' edited by A. W. Moore, Douglas, 1885-7. 

 1 Yn Lioar Manninagh ' (Transactions of Isle of Man Nat. Hist. &c. 



Soc, 1880 et seq.) 

 ' Manx Bible ' (Translation made under direction of Bishop Hildesley 



about 1768), edition 1819. 

 Kermode, 'Manx Crosses,' Ramsey, 1892. 



The initials M. S. D. refer to the Manx Society's or 'Kelly's 

 Dictionary ' ; Cr. to ' Cregeen's Dictionary.' 



Local English names in use on the island are added enclosed 

 in brackets. 



An asterisk prefixed to a Gaelic name signifies that the name 

 has been verified as in use at the present time. The erratic 

 nature of Manx orthography will be observed in the variant forms 

 of many names. 



Missel Thrush, Tardus viscivorus. (Wood Thrush ; Scotch 

 Thrush.) 



Song Thrush, T. musicus. Treshlen (M. S. D.), evidently 

 a corrupt diminutive of the English. 



Fieldfare, T. pilaris. (Snow-bird.) Ushag-ny ; Traghtee 

 or Sniaghtee (M. S. D.). *Ushag-sniaghtey = Snow-bird. These 

 names are probably also often used for the Redwing, T. iliacus. 



Blackbird, T. merula. Lhon, Lhondoo, Lhon-ghoo (M. S.D.) ; 

 Lhon (Cr.). I think *Lhondhoo = Black Thrush is now the 

 usual form. The legend of the Lhondoo and Ushag-reaisht is 

 thus given in Mr. Moore's 'Manx Folk-lore,' p. 150:— "It is 

 said that once upon a time the haunts of the Lhondoo were con- 

 fined to the mountains, and those of the Ushag-reaisht (Char a- 

 drius pluvialis) to the lowlands. One day, however, the two 

 birds met on the borders of their respective territories, and, 

 after some conversation, it was arranged to change places for a 



