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T/i c I? is It A T a tit ) a list. 



January, 



A List of the Birds of Lambay up to thf exd of 1906 



♦—Breeding. H.— Formerly bred, but has ceased to do so. 

 ? — Suspected to have bred, but actual proof wonting. 

 I. — Introduced in 1906. 



♦Mistle Thrush. 

 ♦Song Thrush. 



Redwing. 



Fieldfare. 

 ♦Blackbird. 

 *Ring Ouzel. 

 ♦Wheatear 

 ♦Stonechat. 

 *Robin. 

 *Whitethroat. 

 rBlackcap. 



*Golden-crested Wren. 

 ♦Willow Wren. 

 PGrasshopper Warbler. 

 *Hedge Sparrow. 

 *Wren. 

 ♦Pied Wagtail. 



Grey Wagtail. 

 ♦Meadow Pipit. 

 ♦Rock Pipit. 

 ? Spotted Flycatcher. 

 ♦Swallow. 

 *House Martin. 

 *Greenfinch. 



Goldfinch. 

 ♦House Sparrow. 



Tree Sparrow. 

 ♦Chaffinch. 

 ♦Linnet. 



Lesser Redpoll. 



Twite. 



Bullfinch. 

 ♦Corn Bunting. 



♦Yellow Bunting. 



♦Starling. 



H. [Chough.] 



H. [Magpie.] 



♦Jackdaw. 



H. [Raven.] 



Carrion Crow. 

 H. [Hooded Crow.] 

 ♦Rook. 

 ♦Skylark. 

 H. Swift. 

 ? Nightjar. 

 *Cuckoo. 



Barn Owl. 



Long-eared Owl. 



Short-eared Owl. 

 H. [Sea Eagle.] 



Sparrow Hawk. 

 ♦Peregrine Falcon. 

 .-Merlin. 

 ♦Kestrel. 

 ♦Cormorant. 

 ♦Shag. 



Gannet . 



Heron . 

 ♦Sheld-Duck. 

 ♦Mallard. 



Teal. 



Wigeon. 



Common Scoter. 

 ?Ring-Dove. 

 ?Rock-Dove. 



I. Turtle- Dove. 

 L Red Grouse. 

 I. Pheasant. 

 I. Partridge. 

 I. Quail. 

 ♦ Land-Rail. 

 ? Water- Rail. 



Ringed Plover. 



Golden Plover. 

 ♦Lapwing. 



Turnstone. 

 ♦Oyster-catcher. 



Woodcock. 

 rCommon Snipe. 



Jack Snipe. 



Redshank. 



Curlew. 



Common Tern. 



Arctic Tern. 



Black-headed Gull. 

 H. Common Gull. 

 ♦Herring-Gull. 

 ♦Lesser Black-backed 



Gull. 

 ♦Great Black-backed 



Gull. 

 ♦Kittiwake Gull. 

 ♦Razorbill. 

 ♦Guillemot. 

 ♦Black Guillemot. 

 ♦Puffin. 

 ♦Manx Shearwater. 



Notes on the Rarer and Characteristic Birds. 



Turdus torquatus (Ring Ouzei,).— I found a pair evidently breeding 



in the centre of the island in June, 1905. 

 Sylvia atricapllla (Blackcap). — Two pairs between the castle and 



Hill Cottage 24th and 25th June, 1905. Heard by others also. 

 Passer montanus (Tree Sparrow*;.— One seen in winter (C. B.). 

 Pyrrhula europaea (Bui^finch).— One seen early in April, 1906. 



