[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. [44] See note [42] _supra_. [45] _Iaronn._--Unknown. [46] _Geisechtachs._--"Screamers;"--perhaps Peacocks. But is it likely that the Peacock and the Pheasant (_vide supra_) were imported from the East so early? [47] _Bruacharan._--Unknown. [48] _Naescan._--The Snipe may be meant. [49] The term _Spireog_ is still used in the locality referred to, and signifies the Sparrowhawk. It has, however, somewhat of a Saxon sound. [50] _Sgreachóg._--Conjecturally, Screech-owl; or Jay. [51] _Geilt Glinne._--See note [28] on p. 58. [52] The _Onchu_ has been mentioned before. See note [39] on p. 59. There were several kindred _Felidæ_ in the Pliocene period. May the word refer to two of these bearing the same name, but the one distinguished by the term _fleet_? [53] "_Pigs_" again! This is the fourth time. "Wild Hogs, wild Boars, Pigs, and yet Pigs." From the prominence thus given to the grunting race in the ransom, one is tempted to conclude that "'Twas the Pig that paid the rint," then, as now!