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Strepsilas (Ittig.) interpres Leach. An occasional visitant. 



Calidris (Jllig.) arenaria Illig. Occasional visitant. 



Haematopus (Linn.) ostralegus Linn. Common about the shores. 



Note. — Grus cinerea Bechst. In Smith's History of Cork, it is stated 

 that this bird was seen in the remarkable frost of 1789. 

 A'rdea Linn. 



cinerea Lath. Common. 



Garzetta Linn. There is a specimen in the Dublin Museum, which 

 was shot in the harbour of Cork, in 1792. 



stellaris Linn. Occasionally met with. 

 Platalea (Linn.) Leucorodia Linn. An individual of this species was shot, 



some years since, at Ballydrain Lake, county Antrim. 

 Tbis (Lacep.) Falcinellus Temm. Shot in the bog meadows near Belfast, 



Sept. 30. 1819, by Mr. J. Dinnon. 

 Numenius Briss. 



arquata Lath. Common. 



phae N opus Lath. Common. 

 Totanus Bechst. 



Calidris Bechst. Common. 



ochropus Temm. Seen four times at Cranmore. 



Hypoleucos Temm. Common summer visitant. 



Glottis Bechst. An occasional visitant. 

 Limosa Briss. 



rufa Briss. Tolerably common. 



melanura Leisl. Rare : a winter visitant. 

 Scolopax Linn. 



Rusticola Linn. Common. 



Sabini Vigors. Rare. 



major Gmel. A doubtful native. 



Gallinago Linn. Common. 



Gallinula Linn. Common. 

 Tringa Briss. 



pugnax Linn. An occasional visitant. One, in the collection of the 

 late John Montgomery, was shot at Castledawson. 



subarquata Temm. Occasionally seen. 



variabilis Mey. Common. 



nigricans Montig. An occasional visitant : a rare specimen in the 

 possession of the late John Montgomery, Esq. 



Canutus Linn. A rare winter visitant. 

 Phalaropus {Briss.) lobatus Flem. A rare winter visitant. 

 Rallus (Linn.) aquaticus Linn. Common. 

 Crex Bechst. 



pratensis Bechst. Common. 



Porzana Selb. A few specimens have been met with. 

 Gallinula (Lath.) chloropus Lath. Common. 

 Fulica (Linn.) atra Linn. Common. 



NATATO^RES. 



A'nser Briss. 



segetum Steph. Shot in the bog meadows near Belfast in the winter 

 of 1801. 



albifrons Steph. In large flocks during our very severe winters. 



leucopsis Bechst. Common. 



torquatus Frisch. Common. 

 Cygnus {Mey.) ferus Ray. Met with occasionally about the Lough. 

 Tadorna (Leach.) Bellonii Steph. Occasionally met with. 

 A v nas Linn. 



clypeata Linn. Occasionally. 



acuta Linn. Occasionally. 



