i897-] UsSHEjR. — DistribuHoJi of Birds Breeding in Irelajid. yi 



hardly known even by name where they occur, is worth 

 recording. The eggs of the Wood Warbler have been taken 

 at Clonbrock in Galway, where the bird is seen annually, as it 

 also is at Powerscourt in Co. Wicklow. 



The Grasshopper- Warbler has so wide a range that, allowing 

 for the difficulty of getting information about this nocturnal 

 songster, it probably extends its range in summer over Ire- 

 land, except in the extreme West. It is by far the most com- 

 mon species of the four, while the Wood Warbler is the 

 rarest. 



VII. — Two vSpecies that brkkd in Conife:rs, and are 



GAINING GROUND. 



The uncertainty expressed in so many cases as to the Cross- 

 bill breeding results from its gipsy habits, breeding one year 

 in a place where it is not found the next. It is practically a 

 bird of modern introduction, owing to increase of fir plan- 

 tations. From the same cause the Siskin seems to breed more 

 permanently and extensively than it used to do. It is much 

 more common in summer than was supposed. 



VIII.— Three New-Comers or Species not heard of until 



RECENT YEARS. 



