24 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Parus caeruleus. Common ; breeds. I met an instance of this bird's building in 



the inside of a pump, which was in constant use. 



,, palustris. The rarest of our tits. It has only come under rny notice at 

 Donnybrook in four instances. On one occasion I shot a hen and three 

 young birds at one shot. 

 ater. Rather scarce at Donnybrook. 

 caudatus. A winter visitant only at Donnybrook. Breeds at Rathgar and 



in the Phoenix Park. 

 Motacilla Yarrellii. Common. 



boarula. Do. ; but rarer than last. 



flava. Rare; local. I have met this bird on the Dodder and at 



Rathgar. 

 Anthus arboreus (?). I shot a bird in the winter of 1847, which I believe to be of 



this species. 



pratensis. Common. 

 ,, petrosus. Strands ; common. 



Bomby cilia garrula. A specimen shot at Sandymount, in 1852. 

 Alauda arvensis. Common. 



arborea. Occasional. Bred here in 1850. In the previous winter I had 



remarked the bird in " bunches" along with A. arvensis. 

 Plectrophanes uivalis. Pigeonhouse-wall. 

 Emberiza miliaria. Rather a rare bird in Donnybrook ; a paii'or two build every 



year there. 



,, citrinella. Very common. 



schceniclus. Rare ; at Donnybrook; one pair generally build here yearly. 

 Fringilla coelebs. Very common. 



,, montifringilla. Rare. I shot a hen bird, in the winter of 1847, at 



Donnybrook, and a pair, in the same locality, February, 1848. 

 Passer domesticus. Very common. 

 Coccothraustes chloris. Common ; flock in the autumn, and feed on the seeds 



of the grasses. 



vulgaris. I met one of these birds in the neighbourhood of Rathgar, 



in the summer of 1851 ; I have also met them in the Phoenix 

 Park. 

 Carduelis elegans. Rare at Donnybrook ; in the Dodder glens frequent ; breeds 



at Donnybrook ; also found at Kingstown. 



spinus. An occasional visitant and resident. I first met this bird, De- 

 cember, 1846, on Sandymount Marsh, on the alders ; there were a pair, 

 and one of these I shot the following February. I again met them, in 

 large flocks, at Major Sirr's, Ranelagh, in company with the lesser 

 redpole, feeding on the alders. These birds remained there from De- 

 cember, 1847, up to April, 1848. During 1847 there were a pair 

 which, I believe, bred in the Bishop's Field. I found a male also, as 

 noted, in Sandymount Marsh, January 25, 1849. I have seen them 

 also in Rathgar. 

 Linaria cannabina. Common. 

 minor. Do. 



flavirostris. A winter visitant during three years ; these birds bred, in some 

 low shrubs, in the Bishop's Field, in numbers. These shrubs are now 

 pulled up, and last year I saw only one pair. 

 borealis (?). I have several times met individuals resembling this species ; 



but it is very difficult to distinguish between it and L. minor. 

 Pyrrhula vulgaris. A very rare bird at this side of Dublin. I have only seen one 

 in the Bishop's Field during the last eight or nine years ; they some- 

 times, however, occur in large flocks in the neighbouring plantations. 

 Sturnus vulgaris. Very common. 

 Corvas corax. Killiney Hill and Dodder valley. 



corone. A young bird of this species was shot by my brother, J. H. Kina- 



han, Esq., in the Bishop's Field, some years ago. 

 comix. Too common. 



