swallow without legs or beak), Parrot or Popinjay, Crow, Goose, Raven, Owl, Ostrich, and Dove.
Fish
are represented as naiant, or swimming (Fig. 119); hauriant (Fig. 120); uricant (Fig. 121); and em-
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bowed (Fig. 122), in which position the Dolphin is usually represented.
Irish axe described as scaled and fined
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Among Shells, the Escallop or Scallop, and the Whelk, are those for which heralds have shown the greatest predilection. The accompanying diagrm (Fig. 123) would be blazoned: Argent, a cross gules, cantoned by four escallops
Reptiles and Insects.
Of Reptiles, the Serpent, Scorpion, and Tortoise the most common; and of Insects, the Bee, Butterfly, and Grasshopper.
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Serpents may be nowed (twisted or knotted, Fig. 124); erect (placed in pale); erect wavy; or involved, which later means curved in a circle, without being nowed.