In Munster we find in the, north extensive marshes, lakes, and bogs, the breeding-place of many swimming and wading birds. In South Tipperary and Waterford there are high hills with cliff ranges, and cliffs again the Waterford coast.
Near the mouth of Waterford (Hotels, Waterford, Ireland) Harbour,
in May 1834, the last specimen of the Great Auk seen in the British Isles was taken in a landing-net by a fisherman named Kirby. It lived in captivity for four months, and the mounted skin is preserved in Trinity College, Dublin. The fact that bones of this bird have been obtained in some numbers in kitchen-middens in Waterford (Bed and Breakfasts, Waterford, Ireland), Clare, and Antrim points to the conclusion that it was an article of food among the prehistoric people in Ireland.
Co. Waterford (Holiday Cottages, Waterford, Ireland) boasts the record of the first Frog seen in Ireland- the authority being Ciraldus Cambrensis, and the date about 1187. A later, more circumstantial account of the introduction of this amphibian places the date at 1699, and the venue at Trinity College Park, Dublin. But the occurrence of Frog remains in the deposits found in several Irish caves would seem to show that this animal is an old native of the country. The. Common Newt is the only other amphibian occurring in the area. Ireland is comparatively poor in fresh-water fishes ; almost all of those found in the country occur in Munster. Salmon, are abundant, and the Salmon fisheries are valuable. The Sea-Trout and the Common Trout, in its various forms also abound. Of the Charrs, S. Colei is found in Lough Currane.
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Waterford Zoology
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