82 The hish Naturalist, April, 
Wren on Migration at the Tuskar Lighthouse Lantern. 
At 10.30 p.m. on Friday, October nth, 1912, Mr. Glanville, Principal 
Lightkeeper, collected a Wren at the lantern of the Tuskar lighthouse, 
and kindly forwarded the specimen to me. This makes the seventeenth 
specimen which has been collected in connection with vci.y work on bird- 
migration at the Tuskar light-station. Of these specimens two were 
obtained in the autumn of 191 1, ten in the spring of 1912, and five in the 
autumn of 19 12. 
C. J. Patten. 
The University, Sheffield. 
Notes on the Tree Sparrow. 
On January 17th, 191 3, I visited a small farm near Johnstown Bridge, 
Co. Kildare, in order to observe some birds of which I had previously 
been told. The birds were rather shy, but after waiting a short time, they 
flew down on to some waste hay which had been scattered in the yard 
behind the house, this gave me a good opportunity' of observing them, 
as I was concealed within a few yards of the place where they were feeding. 
The following is a description of the birds taken from the notes which I 
then made : — 
General appearance resembling that of the House Sparrow, but colouring 
brighter, and slightly smaller. Upper parts, bright chestnut brown, with 
dark centres to the feathers. Under parts, dull white. Two white bars on the 
wings. Chin and throat black. Head and the nape of the neck, bright 
dark chestnut. Cheeks, white, with a black triangular patch in 
the centre. Bill, blackish and strong. White ring or collar almost 
surrounding the neck. Legs, brown. 
There were seven birds in all, three of which I took to be hens, for the 
following reasons : — 
Their plumage was not quite so bright, the head not quite so vivid a 
chestnut, the white markings not quite so clear, though the black markings 
appeared the same in each case. Their behaviour also was less assured 
and aggressive than that of the four others. These latter strutted about, 
quarrelling amongst themselves, and hunting each other away from the 
tit -bits, whilst the three kept apart, and were much more subdued and 
quieter in every way. 
On January 27th I again saw the birds, and also on February ist. 
On the latter date there were only four visible. They come to the hay- 
rick to feed at about 8.30 a.m. to 10 a.m., and at 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m., at 
which time hay is taken out to feed the cattle. When they first appeared 
round the house in the early winter, they were very wild, but are much 
tamer now. Having carefully examined the specimens of Passer montamis, 
both mounted and unmounted in the Museum (Dublin), I am confident 
that the birds I observed are the same, which gives them a new locality. 
Helen M, Metcalfe, 
Enfield, Co. Meath. 
