Ii8 The Irish Naturalist. July 



Gull (fwel-9n). 



p^oitleAtin (6), pxxoileAti (1), pAoileog (6), fe-AblAnn (6). 

 Large Gull. — coIX)a6 (1), ctiltiA6(l), -pAii^fpeog (6). 



Twelve different kinds of gulls have been recorded from 

 Ireland. Some of these are very scarce. 



Great Black-backed Gull. — -pAoile \i\6\\ (3). Black- 

 headed Gull. (Compare Tern). 



Harrier (see Falcon.) 



Hawk (see Falcon). 



Hedge-sparrow (see Sparrow). 



Hen (kjark). 

 cexXjAC (6). 



Heron (hurd-glds). 



cojA|\ 5lAr (1), cofAp fCfie^tos (3), cojifg^^iAn (10), cofifA 

 tnonAt) (6). 



Besides the common Heron, several other kinds of 

 Heron occur in Ireland as rare visitors. 



Hobby (gjdr-dn). 

 ge^l^liAn A\\X) (6). 

 The same word has been applied in Scotch Gaelic to 

 this bird which is at present a rare visitor. 



Jackdaw {M-lg). 

 CMS (1), 0^65 (12), 0^5 (7), CAiteo^ (10), c^bog (6), 0^-605 (1), 

 CA\\6s (3). 



According to Ussher and Warren both c^Mg and 0^-605 

 are used indiscriminately for the Jackdaw as well as 

 Chough. But as the Chough with its red legs and 

 bill is strikingly distinct from the Jackdaw it ought and 

 probably had originally a separate name. All the apparently 

 different words given above are variations of cx5, represent- 

 ing the birds' cry. Colgan tells us that the people of Clare 

 Island call the Chough c^a|\65 which is evidently a corruption 

 of cAt)05, while Dinneen and Kuno Meyer state that 0^5 or 

 cAe^ means Jackdaw. It might be best, therefore, to use 

 cxM5 and its variations for Jackdaw, and cdX)o^ for Chough. 

 (Compare Chough). 



