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the sewer-outfall at ^^^ellington Quay, a great place for 

 gulls of all kinds. The Great Black-backed Gull I have 

 already referred to. The Kittiwake ventures as far up as 

 the L.N.W.R. boats, but is seldom seen any higher. The 

 same applies to the Common Gull, with the difference that 

 the latter species also occurs on the canals and in Stephen's 

 Green on occasion. Though it does not regularly come 

 far up the river, it frequently visits the Wellington Quay 

 part referred to above. 



Of the rarer gulls, Watters reports a (jlaucous Gull 

 shot near the North Wall in the winter of 1849. ^^^- ^- J- 

 Ussher, in his " Birds of Ireland," records that a Little 

 Gull was observed feeding on the Liffey with other gulls 

 at Ringsend on December Gth, 1876. In more recent 

 times Mr. W. J. Williams, in a letter to the Irish Naturalist, 

 reports the occurrence of an Iceland Gull near Grattan 

 Bridge in May, 1906. The only other bird of the river 

 I have to mention is the Razorbill, which is often in the 

 mouth of the river and has been seen as far up as the 

 Custom House. 



Of " ships that pass in the night " we have not a few. 

 The lights of the city attract migrants on cloudy and misty 

 nights, and their clamorous calls resound all through the 

 early spring, and again in the autumn. In spring we hear 

 the so-called " weird and mournful " cry of the Curlews, 

 and the entirely different call of the Whimbrel or " Seven 

 Whistler." We also hear these birds in autumn as well 

 as the Fieldfare, Redwing, Skylark, Golden Plover, and 

 some few others whose names I have already mentioned 

 in other parts of this paper. 



The Siskin and one or two others have frequently been 

 seen and are, in some cases, common, just over the boundary, 

 and it is probable that they occur at times inside the city 

 area. 



Dublin. 



