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The Irish Naturalist. 



September, 



Mistle-Thrush. 



Soug-Thrush. 



Blackbird. 



Wheatear. 



Stonecbat. 



Redbreast. 



Whitetbroat. 



Goldeu-crested Wren. 



Chiffcbaff. 



Willow-Wren. 



Sedge- Warbler. 



Hedge-Sparrow. 



Dipper. 



Long-tailed Tit. 

 Great Tit. 



Coal-Tit. 



Blue Tit. 



Wren. 



Tree-Creeper. 



Pied Wagtail. 



Grey Wagtail. 



Meadow-Pipit. 



Rock-Pipit. 



Spotted Flycatcber. 



Swallow. 



House-Martin. 



Sand-Martin. 



Greenfinch. 



House-Sparrow. 



Chaffinch. 



Linnet. 



Lesser Redpoll. 



Corn-Bunting. 



Yellow Bunting. 



Reed-Bunting. 



Starling. 



Magpie. 



Jackdaw. 



Hooded Crow. 



Rook. 



Sky-Lark. 



Swift. 



Kingfisher. 



Sparrow-Hawk. 



Kestrel. 



Cormorant. 



Shag. 



Heron. 



Mute Swan. 



Sheld-Duck. 



Mallard. 



Ring- Dove. 



Pheasant. 



Landrail. 



Moor-hen. 1 



Coot. 



Ringed Plover. 



Lapwing. 



Oyster-catcher. 



Snipe. 



Dunlin. 



Common Sandpiper. 



Redshank. 



Curlew. 



Common Tern. 



Black-headed Gull. 



Common Gull. 



Herring-Gull. 



Lesser Black - backed 



Gull. 

 Great Black ■ backed 



Gull. 

 Kittiwake. 

 Razorbill. 

 Guillemot. 

 Puffin. 

 Little Grebe. 



None of these species are additional to the birds already 

 known in the county, but we may be permitted to remark that 

 the time the Conference is held is about the very worst season 

 for ornithological observation, and we would suggest that in 

 future the meeting should be held early in June instead of 

 mid-July. 



The most interesting observation was that of a large breed- 

 ing colony of birds on the cliff-face and stacks of the western 

 side of the Old Head of Kinsale. Here the rocks and the sea 

 around were literally covered with birds, and constant streams 

 of parent birds flew from the rocks to the sea, returning again 

 with food for their young. This colony consisted of a con- 

 siderable number of Herring-Gulls, whose nests were, as a 

 rule, on the higher ledges of the cliffs ; the lower ledges and 

 crevices being tenanted b}^ Shags. Numerous Kittiwakes 

 occupied suitable situations in the fissures of the cliff, and a 

 Great Black-backed Gull, with an immature bird of the same 



