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Charadrius cantiarms. Clontarf Strand ; rare. 



Squatarola cinerea. Donnybrook, 1849 ; Clontarf Strand ; Malahide ; Merrion 



Strand. 



Vanellus cristatus. Mountain glens ; common ; Donnybrook ; hard weather. 

 Strepsilas interpres. Merrion Strand ; very rare. 

 Calidris arenaria. Merrion Strand ; rare. 

 Haematopus ostralegus. Sea coasts ; very common. 

 Ardea cinerea. Very common. 

 Numenius arquata. Strand ; common ; Donnybrook. 



,, phaeopus. Strand. 

 Totanus fuscus. Shot this bird at Bohernabreena, in the millrace, in the winter 



of 1851. 



,, calidris. Merrion Strand ; rare. 



hypoleucos. Dodder river and mountain glens ; common in summer. 

 glottis. Donnybrook ; winter of 1851. 

 Limosa melanura. Merrion Strand and Clontarf Island ; much rarer than the 



next. 



rufa. Strand ; very common. 

 Scolopax rusticola. Donnybrook ; in hard weather. 



Gallinago. Do., and Sandymount Marsh.* 



gallinula. Donnybrook. 



Tringa variabilis. Strand ; common ; occasionally seen on the rivers. 

 Crex pratensis. Common ; some birds remain there the winter. 

 Rallus aquaticus. Portrane, Baldoyle, and Kiver Dodder ; rather rare in Dublin. 

 Gallininula chloropus. Abundant in the winter ; frequents the dry ditches. 

 Fulica atra. A pair were resident at Sandymount Marsh previous to its being 



drained. 

 Anser segetum. Comes to Donnybrook occasionally in hard weather. Wild 



geese are seen flying over Dublin every winter. 



albifrons. This species is common in the Dublin market, it sometimes 

 occurs in Donnybrook. I saw a flock of them once pitched in a field 

 near Firhouse. In the county of Tipperary I have counted 250 birds all 

 feeding at one time in the callows. 

 bernicla. Dublin Bay every winter. 

 ,, brenta. Very common on Merrion Strand. 



Anas boschas. Donnybrook (used to breed near Ball's-bridge), Merrion Strand, 

 and formerly, also, to be found at Sandymount Marsh, which, however, 

 has been drained within the last few years, and, thereby, this and many 

 other birds have ceased to be residents. 

 acuta. I have seen this bird at Malahide. 

 crecca. Donnybrook, in a quarry -hole in very hard winters ; Sandymount 



Marsh, &c. 



penelope. Merrion Strand ; sometimes in hundreds. 

 Fuligula ferina. Merrion Strand ; rather scarce. 

 ,, marila. Merrion Strand. 

 ,, cristata. Merrion Strand. 

 Clangula vulgaris. Merrion Strand. 

 Mergus serrator. Kingstown Harbour. 



Podiceps cristatus. A pair of these birds came to Eochford's pond ; after sojourning 

 there a while, they were scared away. I had frequent opportu- 

 nities of examining them, as when first they came they were quite 

 tame. 



minor. Dodder. A specimen was taken alone this month by a friend 

 of mine, near Classon's-bridge, in this city; the bird easily escapes 

 detection owing to its habit of diving, and only allowing the end of its 

 bill being seen above water. 

 Colymbus glacialis. Dublin Bay. 

 ,, septentrionalis. Do. 



* As a rule, snipes are much scarcer in the County Dublin than in Tipperary, Carlow, or Galway. 



