loo The Irish Xahiralisl. April, 1909. 



Some unrecorded Birds of Prey. 



The following speciuiens, which have passed through the hands oT 

 Messrs. Williams and Son, Dublin, do not appear in most cases to have 

 been individually recorded, though I have taken account of them in niv 

 " Ivist of Irish Birds."" T90S. I have been supplied with these particulars 

 by the kindness of the owners and of Mr, W. J. "Williams. 



vSnowv OwIv, Nyclea scaudiaca (Linn.) — An immature female was obtained 

 in Co. Mayo about the beginning of December, 1906, and is now the pro- 

 perty of Mr. R. Burke, The Grove, Fethard, Co. Tipperary. An immature 

 male (.') was shot near the village of Ardagh, Co. Kerry, and was received 

 by Messrs. Williams on 6tli ^Nlarch. 1907. The owner, Mr. K. J. Baird, of 

 Newcastle West, states that it measures 25 inches from the centre f)f 

 head down the back to the tip of the tail, and that the spread of wings 

 is about 45 inches. 



^Montagu's Harrif<r, Cirais cineracens (Mont.)— An immature bird 

 was shot at Castle Tlemyng, Queen's Co., in vSeptember, 1901. and was 

 received by Messrs, Williams on the 12th of that month. It is the pro- 

 pert}' of Mr. R. Hamilton vStubber, of ?tIoyne, Durrow. I have noticed 

 this specimen in British Birds, vol, ii., p. 310. where it is called C. reniginosus 

 by mistake. This is the only instance in Ireland in which a Montagu's 

 Harrier has been ol)tained at a distance from Co. Wicklow, in or near 

 which county the other examples were killed, and where the species 

 may have bred, as three immature birds were shot in August and vSep- 

 tember, 1899. If protected, these Harriers might establish themselves 



RouGH-r,E(VGeD BrzzARi), BnfiV /aqopiis {]. V. (Vniel.). — A pair of these 

 birds frequented the moors between Salh-gapand Brittas, on the Wicklow 

 Mountains, in the latter part of 1906. They were both killed by poison. 

 The male, obtained on the 9th December, is in the collection of Mr. R. M. 

 Barrington [/ris/i lYa/.. 1907, p. 162) The female, which has not been 

 recorded, fiequented the aljove moors until she was killed in the same 

 way. This .specimen was received on 26th February. 1907, an<l is in the 

 collection of ^Ir. C. J. Carroll. Kockford. Fethard. The Rough-legged 

 Jiuzzard recorded in the Irish Na/., 1903. p. iii, as shot in Co. Tyrone 

 was received by Williams and .Son on 5th Xovend:)er. 1902. and not in 

 1903. 



GuKKNivANU Fai.cox, BaiLO i-andicaiis. J. 1'. Cimel.— An immature male, 

 shot at Castlegore, Co. Mayo, was received on 30th March, 1906, and is in 

 the collection of Mr. C. J. Carroll. An immature female was received 

 on 31st December. 1906. from »Sir ]Malby Crofton. of Longford House. 

 Ballysodare, Co. Sligo, iiaving been killed in that locality. An immature 

 male was received on 12th A]iril. 1907. from Mr. Thomas !\lerritt. of 

 West])ort. Co. Mayo. 



R. J. T'SSHEIR. 



Cappagh, Co. Water ford- / Y 



