School: Coillte Mághach (roll number 12520)

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   The Blackbird is one of our best known birds. The cock is pure black with a yellow bill while the hen is a dark brown and has not a yellow bill.

   It is like the song-thrush in its habtis and singing. The eggs are of a greenish blue with brown dots.

   
   The Bullfinch is one of the most beautiful of our small wild birds. It is noticeable for its rich colouring and its glossy black head, but its soft rich musical call which is unlike that of any other bird makes it more easily recognisable.

   Bulffinches do not appear to be numerous, for they are not often seen and keep away from the haunts of men.

   It lays four or five eggs in its nest which it makes rather low in a thick bush or hedge. The eggs are pale (?) blue dotted with brown.

   
   Some years ago the Gold finch was a much prized bird and many were caught and kept in cages. This may have been the cause of the present scarcity, for although they seem now to be less so than formerly.

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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máirtín Ó Cearbhaill

   Gender

   Male