[34] Echtach.—From a legend attached to the locality, there is a possibility that these were a peculiar breed of horned cattle.
[35] Drenn.—Probably the Wren.
[36] Cainche—Unknown.
[37] Errfiach.—Unknown.
[38] Cricharan.—Possibly the Squirrel, or the Marten.
[39] Mr Curry says, "In the dictionaries Ormchre is the term for a leopard, but that animal did not exist in Ireland." But the caves of Britain shew that very formidable Felidæ roamed here in the Later Tertiary Era.
[40] Riabhog.—The "cuckoo's waiting-maid," a little bird, is still so called in the west of Ireland. In England the wryneck (Yunx torquilla) bears this office, and also in Wales, where Pennant says it is called Gwás y gog, which means the same thing.
[41] Peatans.—Conjectured to be Leverets.
[42] What is the difference between wild Boars and wild Hogs? The ransom, too, was to consist of a male and a female of each kind of wild animals.
[43] Fereidhin.—Unknown.