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School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 194

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    Name / Nesting Place / Description of Nest, Eggs and Food
    Skald-crow. / Top of a fir tree. / Sticks lined with hay and fur. Large white eggs with black and brown spots. Food: Carrion, chickens, and ducklings.
    Jackdaw / In rough narrow flues; holes in walls or trees / Twigs lined with fur leaves or hair. Lives near towns Eggs pale-brown with blue spots. Food: beetles, grubs, worms, insects, and seeds.
    Magpie. / Tall thick white-thorn bush or a tall fir tree / Twigs and mud, with a canopy of twigs overhead, lined with hair or dead leaves. Five blue eggs with brown spots. Food similar to Jackdaw's warbles, chickens young birds, eggs in Spring-time, and carrion.
    Pigeon / In tall trees or in ivy covered whitethorns. / Beautiful built of moss lined with hair wool and feathers. Five greenish eggs. Food crumbs, seeds and insects.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork