112 - The hish Naturalist, April, 1903. 



A Winter Corncrake near Lough Swilly. 



On January 3rd I examined a corncrake, Crex pratenis, Bech,, shot a few 

 days before at Newtowncunningham, L/OUgh Swilly. 



D. C. Campbei^Iv. 

 Ivondonderry. 



Black-tailed Godwit in the Moy Estuary. 



When down the Moyne channel on the 29th November I saw a speci- 

 men of the Black-tailed Godwit among a lot of the common Bar-tailed. I 

 was unable to shoot it, for after rising it was out of shot before I recog- 

 nised it by its white back and black-tipped tail It is a bird of very 

 irregular appearance in this part of Ireland, and I have never observed 

 more than a pair at a time, but more generally single birds. I first met 

 this bird in March, 1859, near the island of Baunros off Bartragh, and 

 recognised it by the white bar on its secundaries, white back, and black- 

 tipped tail feathers. In May, 1863, a bird in nearly full summer plumage 

 was shot by Mr. Howley on the tidal part of the river near Belleek Manor. 

 Karly in November, 1876, I shot a specimen in winter plumage near 

 Baunros, and by the same shot picked up 13 Lapwings, 13 Redshanks, and 

 a Bar-tailed Godwit On the 29th of June, 1878, I observed a pair in their 

 handsome summer plumage on the lands near Partragh, but failed in 

 obtaining them. On the 3rd of September, 1881, a bird in the immature 

 plumage of the year was shot near Roserk Abbey by the late Mr. W. 

 Jackson. The foregoing are all the notes of occurrence that I have 

 been able to obtain in this locality, which show the very irregular visits 

 of this species. 



Robert Warren. 



Moy View, Ballina, 



Glossy Ibis in Ireland. 



There seems to have been a visitation of this species (^Plegidus Jalci- 

 neilus) during October — one was obtained at Lahinch, Co. Clare, and has 

 been purchased for the Irish collection in the Museum. Another was 

 taken near Broadway, Co. Wexford, and I have heard of another Wexford 

 specimen. It is many years since this bird has occurred in Ireland and, 

 as inthese instances, generally in the immature plumage. 



E. Wl 1,1.1AM s. 

 Dublin. 



Eider Duck at Malahide. 



An Eider Duck {f^otnateria mollissima) was shot in Malahide estuary in 

 November, by Mr. Wellington. The specimen is a young male of the 

 year. This duck is very rare on the Dublin coast, having occurred in 

 very few instances, and never in the fully adult dress. 



E. WlIvIvIAMS. 



Dublin. 



