1904. TCI 



NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF EOUGH DERG 

 AND ITS SHORES. 



BY ANTHONY PARKER, J. P. 



Garden Warbler {Sylvia hortemis^ Bechst.). 



This Warbler still frequents its usual haunts here, but I have, 

 as yet, failed to hear it elsewhere than in the Shannon 

 valley. In 1901, and again in 1902, I heard it on April 25, 

 the earliest date upon which I have recorded it — never 

 having noticed it before May in any other year. This year it 

 was very late in arriving ; I did not observe it until May 8th, 

 although on the look-out for it. On June 7, 1900, I found a 

 nest with five young, and the}^ had flown by June 11. 



Siskin {Cardtielis spintis, Linn.). 



This species is such a rare visitor here that I think it worth 

 notice. On February 26, 1900, I saw a small flock on some 

 Alders b}' a stream which flows through the demesne ; and 

 again, on February 9, 1902, I saw them in the same locality, 

 but do not remember to have seen them anywhere else. 



Shoveler {Spatula clypcata, Einn.). 



In June, 1901, a pair frequented the little bay here, and I 

 was almost certain they had a nest ; but the Bald Coots per- 

 secuted the ducks so that they left, after having been here up 

 to June 18. 



On May 27, 1903, niy nephew found a nest on one of the 

 islands off the Clare shore opposite this place. 



Tufted Duck {Fuligula cristata, Leach). 



On the loth of May, 1904, we started for Dromineer on the 

 Tipperary side of Lough Derg) ; thence we went by a row- 

 boat to a small island, where a pair of Tufted Ducks were 

 swimming close by; on then to another island, where there 

 were two pairs more swimming some distance off. 



