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The Irish Nafuyalist. 



May, 19 ro. 



me that he saw a iiiaie bird at the Oaks, seven miles iulaml from Derry, 

 at the new year, and a female at Glenties Co. Donegal, in middle of 

 December. 



An examination of these dates points, I think, to the probability of two 

 southward flights of these falcons, one about second or third week of 

 November, and another about same time in December. 



D. C CAMrBEi^rv. 



Ivondonderry. 



Bird Records from Irish Lighthouses. 



I desire to record following occurrences : — 



^NIarch 25TH. — Four Black Redstarts were found dead on Fastnet 

 Rock by the light-keeper— two were old males. March 26TH. — A 

 Hoopoe w^as caught alive, Tuskar Rock Light Station. March 28TH — 

 A Hoopoe was caught alive on Small Saltee Island. 



All the above birds were received by me in the flesh. Both the 

 Hoopoes died— probably from exhaustion — and to this cause may also be 

 attributed the death of the 'our Black Redstarts. 



RiCHD. 1\I. BaRRINCtTON. 

 Fassaroe, Bray. 



Measurements of Martens. 



As the Marten is annually becoming scarcer in Ireland — and as 

 statistics of its weights and measurements are scarce— the following- 

 particulars of six Martens killed near Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, in 1S90, 

 ma}- be worth recording. I am indebted to Dr. R. R. Leeper, late of 

 Rathdrum, and now of St. Patrick's Hospital, Dublin, for the details. 



I would urge all naturalists to avoid killing or purchasing this 

 interesting wild animal, unless absolutely neces.sary for scientific 

 purposes. 



Fassaroe, Bray. 



RiCHD. IM. Barringtox. 



