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The Irish Naturalist. 



Marcli, 



The Redstart, announced in 1885 to breed at Powerscourt, 

 has since been found breeding in a second locality in Wicklow, 

 and in 1894 I found it breeding in Tyrone. 



The Tree-Sparrow, first announced in 1852, is apparently 

 still confined to the vicinity of the Co. Dublin coast. 



The Stock-Dove, first noticed in the north-east of Ireland 

 in 1S75, has now extended to Queen's County and Carlow, 

 where it breeds, and a specimen has been announced from 

 Gal way {Irish Natza^alist, 1896, p. 192). 



IX.— Three Species whose Breeding Range is restricted 



TO A PART OF IrEI<AND. 



With the exception of two pairs of Whinchats seen near the 

 Nore in Co. Kilkenny by Mr. H. C. Hart on 5th July, 1884, I 

 have no evidence of the species breeding south of Dublin. It 

 is not uncommon in parts of the North and North-west. 



The Yellow Wagtail breeds round the shores of lyOUgh 

 Neagh in Ulster, and on islands in l^ough Corrib, Mask and 

 Carra in Connaught. 



Besides these widely separated districts there is no other 

 record of its nest having been found in Ireland except once in 

 the Co. Dublin by Mr. Williams. 



The Jay's breeding-range extends over that part of Ireland 

 drained by the rivers that flow out at Waterford Harbour. It 

 formerly included counties from which the species afterwards 

 disappeared, but it seems to be now extending in some 

 districts. 



