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The Irish Naturalist. 



[March, 



II. — TWKNTY-THREE SpKCIKS BREEDING IN CuFFS A.ND 



Rocks. 



The asterisk is used to denote the counties in which each species 

 breeds, and the letter H to indicate where the species formerly bred, 

 but has ceased to do so. 



Species. 



Maritime Counties. 



e 



a 

 o 



O 



en 



Inland 



Counties. 



iA. 

 u 



•c 



Golden Eagle, 



White-tailed Eagle, 



Peregrine Falcon, 



Eock Pipit, . 



Chongh, . 



Raven. . 



Rock Dove, . 



Oyster-catcher, 



Common Gull, 



Herring Gull, 



Lesser Black-backed Gnll, 



Great Black-backed Gull, 



Kittiwake, 



Manx Shearwater, 



Fork-tailed Petrel, 



Storm Petrel, . 



Razor-bill, 



Common Guillemot, 



Black Guillemot, . 



Puffin, 



Cormorant, . 



Shag, 



Gannct, . 



H 



H 



H? 



H 



H 



H 



H 



H 



It will be observed from this table that both the Kagles are 

 becoming extinct. It is to be feared that collectors will des- 

 troy what the gamekeeper and the shepherd have left. 



The Peregrine, Chough, and Raven breed in mountain-cliffs 

 as well as those on the coast, though in the case of the two 

 latter species, such inland nesting-places have become more 

 and more deserted. 



The Rock'Pipit breeds on low-lying shores, as in lyOuth, and 

 possibly I^imerick on the lower Shannon, as well as in sea-cliffs. 



