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   Bird Lore
   The names of the birds seen in this district are as follows:-
   Apple-picker, blackbird, bullfinch, brown-linnet, black-diver, corncrake, crane, curlew, chaffinch, crow, cuckoo, dipper, green linnet, gannet, gold finch, grey-rook, hedge-sparrow, hawk, jackdaw, magpie, nightingale, owl, peacock, robin, snipe, starling, skylark, swallow, swan, sparrow, seagull, stonechat, thrush, tomtit, wren, wagtail, woodcock, waterhen:
   There are a few migratory birds namely the corncrake, cuckoo, starling, swallow, and the snipe.
   The corncrake comes to this country in the month of April from Africa. She makes her nest in a hayfield with wads of hay. She is often heard singing 'corncrake' during the short Summer nights. She migrates to Africa in the Harvest, although some people believe she remains in some hole during the Winter months. The cuckoo builds no nest of her own but lays an egg in the nest of another bird, usually in the nest of a robin

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Susannah Jane Pyburn

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dunbeacon, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Pyburn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dunbeacon, Co. Cork