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1. Wild Birds (continued)

   

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   The wild birds of this district that migrate are the swallow, the wild-duck, the wild-goose, the corn-crake, the water hen, the cuckoo, and those that stay with us all the year round are the snipe, the grouse, the curlew, the magpie, the seagull, the crow, the thrush, the green plover, the black-bird, the sparrow, the pheasant, the robin and the wren.
   The swallow builds his nest in the eaves of houses and inside in the roof. The wild duck lays in the bog. The wild goose goes to Scotland, and lays her eggs in the mountains there. She come sback in October with the young geese when they are fully developed. The corn-crake lays in the meadow. Thw water-hen lays in another bird's nest. The snipe lays in the bog. The grouse lays in the bog also. The curlew lays in a hillock in the bog. She builds in the farthest part of the bog where no one may find it.
   The magpie builds in a higher tree. The crow and the thrush build in a high tree. The

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary T. Coyne

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Pallas, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Matthew Coyne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Pallas, Co. Westmeath