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UriaTroile. Howth. 

 grylle. Howth. 



Fratercula arctica. Killiney and Dalkey Sound, and Dublin Bay generally. 

 Alca torda. Merrion Strand, occasionally ; in the Bay, generally. I have taken this 

 and the preceding alive several times, having been left by the receding tide 

 in shallow waters. 



Phalacrocorax carbo. Common in Dublin Bay. In the county Tipperary this 

 bird is met far inland both on Lough Deargh and a little lake 

 called the Pous Lake, near Lorrha. 



graculus. Dublin Bay. I saw a young bird of this species, within 



the last fortnight, picking in Kingstown Harbour ; the young 

 are a great deal less wary than the old bird. Both these 

 birds have great vital power. I saw one of the preceding 

 species dive, and remain under water for about five minutes, 

 during which time it swam about 40 yards under water ; it 

 afterwards swam nearly as far before we caught it ; yet, upon 

 dissection, it proved to have been shot through the heart. 

 Sula bassana. Common in Dublin Bay. 

 Sterna Dougallii. Dublin Bay. 

 ,, hirundo. Dublin Bay, &c. 

 macrua. Do. 



Larus minutus. I have seen this bird on two occasions in Dublin Bay. 

 ridibundus. Common both on shore and inland. 



,, tridactylus. Common ; in some years, at least, this bird remains all the 

 year round at Ardrone, County Waterford. I have also been forwarded 

 specimens of these birds, found dead in the winter, eighty miles from sea. 

 canus. Common on Merrion Strand and mountain glens. 

 ,, argentatus. Merrion Strand and Donnybrook. 

 fuscus. Do. 



marinus Do. 



Of the Skuas I have seen many, bat never succeeded in killing them ; therefore, 



prefer to remain silent as to their species. 

 Puffinus major. I may here mention, that I have seen two live specimens of this 



bird, taken at Youghal, County Cork, hooked on gentlemen's lines. 

 ,, anglorum. Howth. 

 Thalassidroma pelagica. Occasionally, though rarely, in Dublin Bay. 



Thus, gentlemen, I have finished the task I had undertaken ; I had hoped to 

 have entered more fully into details concerning "the species enumerated, but a hur- 

 ried summons to a distant land has prevented my being able to do so. I must, 

 therefore, apologize for laying this second portion of the list in such an unfinished 

 state before you. 



The President said, that he regretted Dr. Kinahan's absence for the sake of na- 

 tural history in Dublin ; but, with his indefatigable love for investigating natural 

 history, his intended voyage would, doubtless, result with the greatest benefit to 

 both himself and the Association ; and he was sure he was joined by every one of 

 its members in wishing him a safe and prosperous voyage, from which he, in com- 

 mon with them, would anticipate great scientific advantages. 



Some interesting conversation then ensued relative to this paper. 



Mr. T. W. Warren exhibited a specimen of the water ouzel, and wished to hear the 

 opinions of the members, as to whether it really possessed the powers of walking 

 beneath the water and diving, sometimes attributed to it. 



Dr. Kinahan said, that he had most distinctly seen it walk down a shelving 

 bank into the water beneath it, and that it walked under the surface of the water, 

 without any seeming inconvenience. 



Dr. Ball contrasted the form of this bird with that of the Greenland diver, 

 and drew the attention of the Association to the fact, with a view of showing 

 how often the theorizing of naturalists was at variance with observations. The 

 Greenland diver is the perfection of mechanical form for diving ; the ouzel 

 wanted this peculiar form, yet it appeared to have equal power in this art. 



