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   The plover
   Mr John Chapman, of Tobergal, Ferns, Co Wexford, told me he shot a plover which he found to be ringed. He wrote to the address on the ring, Mr Witherbee, London and this man who was an ornithologist told him the bird had been ringed in Cheshire, England (when a nestling).
   [H. Armstrong Boolavogue Ferns, Co Wexford]
   Wild duck are to be found in Ballytreacy bog in November. They go away in February.

   Wild geese are to be seen passing over the district but they seldom alight here.
   The wren builds in a hole in the ditch. The nest is a round ball of moss lined with
   There is a hole in the nest to let in and out the mother-bird.
   The crow builds in the top branches of a tree. The nest is made of mud and sticks and is rough looking from the ground.
   The black-bird makes her nest in hedges, in bushes and in thorns.

   Jas Gahan, Carrigeen, Ferns, Co Wexford.

   Jas Dempsey, Boolavogue, Ferns, Co Wexford.

   Jas Gahan, Barmona, Boolavogue, Ferns, Co Wexford,

   

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Dempsey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Buaile Mhaodhóg, Co. Loch Garman

   Collector

   James Gahan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile an Charraigín Íochtarach, Co. Loch Garman

   Barr Móna, Co. Loch Garman