404 Irish Vertebrate Animals. 



GLPRES. 



Mus Linn. 



sylvaticus Linn. Common. 



Musculus Linn. Common. 



Rattus Linn. Occasionally : nearly extinct. 



decumanus Pall. Common : naturalised. 

 Lepus Linn. 



timidus Linn. var. hibernicus. Common. 



Cuniculus Linn. Common. 



UNGUICULATA. 



Cervus (Linn.) E'laphus Linn. Wild in the south and west of Ireland. 



CETACEA. 



Delphinus (Linn.. Cuv.) Delphis Linn. Common. 

 Phocae v na Cuv. 



communis. Common. 

 O'rca Fab. Common. 

 Hyperodon (Lacep.) bidens Flem. Occasionally. 

 Physeter (Linn., Lacep.) Tursio Linn. Thrown ashore on the western 



coast occasionally. 

 Balse v na (Linn., Lacep.) Mysticetus. On the north-western coast, thrown 

 on shore. 



A N VES. 



RAPTO v RES. 



A'quila Briss. • 



Chrysaetos Vig. Occasionally in the mountainous districts. 



albicilla Briss. Common on the bold coasts. 



Halise'etus Meyer. Occasionally met with. 

 Falco Linn. 



islandicus Lath. In 1803, I received a skin of this bird, which had 

 been shot at Randalstown, county Antrim. 



peregrinus Gmel. Common. 



Subbuteo Linn. A rare species. I have only observed a few speci- 

 mens : one was seen during the breeding season, at the rocks of 

 Bally nascreen Mountains, in 1800 : it was noisy and bold. Another 

 was seen in 1802, at Lough Bray Rocks, county Wicklow. 



iE'salon Gmel. Common. 



Tinnunculus Linn. Common. 

 A'stur (Cuv.) palumbarius Will. A specimen in Dublin Museum. Breed 



occasionally on the rocks at Magilligan. 

 Nisus (Cuv.) fringillarius Will. Falco Nisus Linn. Occasionally. 

 Buteo (Bechst.) vulgaris Will. Not rare. 

 Circus Bechst. 



rufus Briss. Occasionally met with. 



cyaneus Flem. Occasionally. 

 O'tus Cuv. 



vulgaris Flem. Common. 



brachyotos Flem. Occasionally met with. 

 Strix (Linn.) flammea Linn. Common. 



1NSESS0 N RES. 



Lanius (Linn.) excubitor Linn. I have met with two specimens : one 

 was shot in the county Down, and received from R. Maxwell, Esq.; the 

 other in the county Antrim, in 1802. 



Muscicapa (Linn.) grisola Linn. A summer visitant : a pair built in the 

 lime trees at Cranmore, during the months of July, 1801 and 1802. 



Cinclus (Bechst.) aquaticus Bechst. Common. 



