WANT-ley, WANTIS-den, and WANT-age, derive their name from WANT, WANAT, the _mole_. The names of _Birds_ are sometimes to be met with in local nomenclature; among the most important are the following:— The EAGLE, ARL (German) in ARLS-heim, ARL-berg, EAGLES-cliffe, the _eagle’s_ rock; EAGLE’S-hay, the _eagle’s_ field; AYLES-bury, the _eagle’s_ city; AYLE-stone, the _eagle’s_ stone; EAGL-ey, the _eagle’s_ river isle. We find some trace of the Scandinavian name for the eagle (ARI, ARIN, ERN, ORN) in ARNES-by, the _eagle’s_ town; EARN-ley, AR-ley, the _eagle’s_ meadow; EARS-dale, the _eagle’s_ vale; ARN-old, the _eagle’s_ wood; ARN-heim, the _eagle’s_ home; ARNS-berg, the _eagle’s_ hill; ARNS-walde, ARENS-walde, the _eagle’s_ wood or forest; ARN-stadt, the _eagle’s_ town; ARENS-burg, the _eagle’s_ city; AREN-berg-thal, the _eagle’s_ mountain valley; ARR-öe, the _eagle’s_ isle; AR-schot, the _eagle’s_ wood or field; AREND-see, the _eagle’s_ lake. The DAW, in DAW-ley, DEW-bury, DEW-sall. The OWL, in UL-combe, ULLEN-hall, OWLS-bury, the _owl’s_ city; OWL-ton, the _owl’s_ town; EULEN-gebirge, the _owl’s_ mountains; UL-ey, UGL-ey, the _owl’s_ river island. The CROW (CRAWE, Anglo-Saxon; KRAKA, Scandinavian) in CRACKEN-dale, CROUGH-ton, CREAKE, CROW-hurst, the _crow’s_ forest; CROW-land, the _crow’s_ district; CROW-borough, the _crow’s_ city; CRAW-ley, the _crow’s_ meadow; CRAYKE, the _crow’s_ region; CRAKE-hall, CRAKE-hill, the _crow’s_ hill; CRACKEN-thorp, the _crow’s_ village; KRA-winkel, the _crow’s_ angle; KRE-feld, the _crow’s_ field. The CRANE, in CRAN-brook, the _crane’s_ brook; CRAN-field, the _crane’s_ field; CRAN-ham, the _crane’s_ home; CRAN-bourne, the _crane’s_ stream; CRAN-ach, the _crane’s_ dwelling by the stream; CRANEN-burg, the _crane’s_ city. The Scandinavian TRANA, a _crane_, is perhaps found in TRAN-well, the _crane’s_ spring; TRAN-mere, the _crane’s_ lake. The SWAN, in SWAN-cot, the _swan’s_ hut; SWAN-more, the _swan’s_ moor; SCHWAN-den, the _swan’s_ ravine; SCHWANE-beck, the _swan’s_ rivulet. The DOVE (CULVER), in CULVER-hayes, the _dove’s_ field. The WREN, in WREN-hurst, the _wren’s_ thicket; WREN-thorpe, the _wren’s_ village. The HEN (HAEN), in HEN-stead, HEN-baun, HEN-don, the _hen’s_ hill; HEN-ley, the _hen’s_ meadow; HINTON, the _hen’s_ town. The GOOSE, in GAS-garth, the enclosure of the _geese_; GOS-forth, the ford of the _geese_; GAS-dale, the vale of the _geese_. The word FOWL, which occurs in numerous places, had originally a much wider meaning than at present. Any _flying_ creature, was a bird; and in this sense we find it in