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form often occurs in England in winter according to Howard 

 Saunders (" Manual of British Birds "). It seems probable 

 to me that the same movements which bring it to England 

 in winter account for its occurrence in Ireland during that 

 season. Both the specimens recorded here, however, belong 

 to the form with two wing-bars, and correlated with this is 

 the fact that one of them occurred in August and that the 

 season in which the other occurred is not known. 



Common Buzzard. Biiteo vulgaris Leach. 



Mounted specimen " purchased from Mr. J. Sheals [of 

 Belfast]. Nov. 20th, 1876. Co. Antrim or Donegal. Date 

 lost." This specimen is now in my collection and, I believe, 

 has not been previously recorded. 



Kite. Milvus ictinits Savigny. 



The stand of this beautiful specimen, which is now in 

 the National Museum, bears the following inscription in 

 Mr. Blake Knock's own handwriting : " Found dead on 

 beach at Kilcool, Co. Wicklow, and probably shot by self 

 some days before at sea in a fog. November. Fired at 

 for an eagle representative." It is remarkable that this very 

 rare visitor to Ireland was not recorded by Mr. Blake Knox, 

 and its existence w^as consequently unknown until after his 

 death. For reasons already given I think it probable that 

 he obtained it subsequently to the year 1871. 



Greater Sxo\v-Goose. Chen nivalis Forster. 



This specimen was brought to H. Blake Knox, October 

 2nd, 1886. Shot by Martin Gallagher, of Carelough. at 

 Belmullet, while flying past his house. It was exhibited 

 by Dr. R. B. Sharpe at the British Ornithologists' Club on 

 22nd November, 1899, ^^'^^ i^ recorded by Ussher in the 

 " Birds of Ireland." It is now in the possession of Mr. J. 

 B. Nichols, of London. 



Ferruginous Duck. Fidigula nyroca Giildenstadt. 



Blake Knox records the acquisition of two specimens of 

 this species in the Zoologist for 1871 (p. 2645). In referring 

 to this record in the " Birds of Ireland." Ussher says : — 

 " The first, a male, w^as shot from a small flock of ducks off 



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