22 JULY 1916, Page 13

THE RETURN OF THE BITTERNS.

[To THE „EDITOR OP THE SPECTATOR"] Sin,—" X." in your number for last week says " Bumpycoes " is the same ad Welsh " Bwmp-y-gore," " which means the booming of the gorse." " Gore " in Welsh means a bog, and " Bwmp Y Gore " means boom of the bog or marsh (see The Fauna of North ]Vales, H. Forrest, p. 259).

—I am, Sir, &c., Taos. Pawnee"). Liwydiarth Eegob, Llanerchymedd, 8.0., Anglesey, N. Wales.