i34 The Irish Maturalisi. June, 



L. canus, IJim, Common Guli.. — Observed many, both in summer 

 aud winter. On the 20th August over thirty adults, in full summer 

 fluma^^c (i.e., with pure white heads), pitched in a field near Bally- 

 ferriter. These birds most likely crossed over from one of the 

 Blasket Islands, where there is a small breeding station. It is note- 

 worthy that " this is the most isolated breeding resort of the species 

 known in Ireland, as well as the most southern in Europe^^ — {Ussher.') 



L. argentatus, Gmel. Herring Gui,!,.— Plentiful all round the 

 peninsula. 



L. fuscus, Linn. LESSER Bi^ack-backed Gui.1..— Observed several 

 at the end of the peninsula in the summer, but none in the winter. 

 This bird breeds on the Blasket Islands. 



L, marl n us, Linn. Grf:at Black-backed GuIvI,. — Observed five 

 (two adult, three immature) between Sybil and Dunmore Heads, in 

 August. This bird breeds on the Blaskets also. 



Lk g^Iaucus, Fab. Gi^aucous Gui,i<.— On the 30th December I 

 watched an immature Glaucous Gull in Dingle Harbour, near the 

 tow^n. The bird, as it sailed slowly past me, was so near that I 

 could easily distinguish it from immature Herring or Black-backed 

 Gulls, by the absence of black-tipped flight feathers. This Gull " has 

 been repeatedly obtained on the north coast of Kerry." — {Ussher). 



f^issa tridactyla, Linn. KiTTiwake Gui,!,.— Observed many all 

 round the peninsula in August. Did not notice any Kittiwakes in 

 winter. It has large breeding colonies on the Blaskets. 



ALCiflE. 



Aica torda, Linn. Razor-bii.i<. — Numerous in summer in the deeper 

 waters around the headlands of the peninsula. The vast majority of 

 birds, young and old, had left the cliffs. " Multitudes of Razor- 

 bills breed on the Blaskets."— (C/I^j/?^;'). I did not observe this bird 

 in winter. 



Urla trollc, Linn. Common Guii.i.EMOT.— Plentiful in the deeper 

 waters, where I observed them in company with Razor-bills. 

 Observed none in the winter. Multitudes breed on the Blaskets. 



Fratcrcula arctlca, Linn. Puffin. — In August I observed several in 

 the Sound between the end of the Dingle peninsula and the 

 Blaskets. Many breed on the latter islands. I did not notice any 

 Pufiins in winter. I found fresh remains (feathers, a few bones, and 

 beaks) of this and the preceding two species, on several occasions, 

 near the cliffs of Dunmore. Peregrines had more than likely been 

 at work. 



rURBINARES. 



^ufflnus anglorum* Temm. Manx Shearwater. — Observed 

 several off the cliffs at the end of the peninsula ; also round the 

 Blaskets, where theie is a breeding colony. The Kerry peasants 

 visit the breeding haunts, and kill and eat the Manx Shearwater. I 

 did not notice this species in winter. 



