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The Irish Nahiralist. 



March , 



Mouse. 



House Mouse — luc (10), tuc bex^5 (3), niuif (14). 



Field Mouse-— luc i:6it\(10). 

 There are two different kinds of true mice in Ireland, 

 viz., the House Mouse and Field Mouse. The Shrew Mouse 

 is really not a mouse in a zoological sense, being more nearly 

 related to the Mole and Hedgehog. The small English 

 Harvest Mouse and the Dormouse are not found in Ireland. 

 The word luc is also apphed to the rat, and it would, 

 perhaps, be better, as has been done by some authorities, 

 to call the latter lue moji. 



Otter. 



tn^'ot^AX uifge (2), rnx^t)|u^^) -oonn (10), cu •oob|iAin (12), 

 cu po'oopne (12), *Doti)^pcu (2), conpottirie (6), coit3|:ex\ti^ti 

 •oobx^i^ (6), (the last three are older words). 



Ox. 



t)^rh(7), tYi^|ic(2). Wild Ox. — "o^rh x\Uc^(6). Bull. — za^X^^^), 

 •OArh -OAf (7). Cow. — bo. (There are a great many 

 other words for cows in milk or dry, for horned and horn- 

 less ones, &c.) Calf. — bObi^n, boinin (12), 



Pig. 



muc. (There are many other w^ords for pig according 

 to condition, sex, and age). 



Ofc (6) (older word). This word has also been translated 

 according to O'Reilly by "small hound" and many other 

 designations. (Sec Wild Boar). 



Porpoise. 

 tnuc ni^|u\ (3), nuic biOfix.\6(6). 

 No special names for the various kinds of marine mammals 

 allied to the Porpoise (such as the Dolphms, &c.) seem to 

 exist in Irish. 



Rabbit. 

 coibpe<ip-dn iiuii{^c (6), coinin. 

 The last word is a borrowed one according to Best, and 

 yet it is used in the ancient Irish poem quoted by Wilde (5). 

 Barrett -Hamilton believed the Rabbit to have been intro- 



