CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 12'] 



Streak across the eye, as well as by the rich orange- 

 red of the flanks and under-parts of the wing. It is 

 exclusively migratory, and its arrival is much about 

 the same time as that of the Fieldfare. It is not, 

 however, nearly so hardy as that bird, and though 

 able to stand frost fairly well, countless numbers 

 would perish if exposed to a protracted severe winter 

 with a continuance of heavy snow. In winter large 

 numbers go past our shores. The southerly move- 

 ment from the breeding-haunts in northern Europe 

 extends to the south of Europe and the north of 

 Africa ; stragglers have been met with in the 

 Canaries and Madeira, while the eastward limit 

 appears to be in the neighbourhood of Lake Baikal. 

 Redwings are said to have been met with in Britain 

 in the summer, and there are reports of their having 

 nested, but the evidence is not convincing. The 

 nest, however, has been found by Herr Miiller in 

 the Faroes, whither the birds no doubt wandered 

 from Iceland where the species is generally dis- 

 tributed during the short summer. 



The specimens in the case were shot at Glenbeigh, 

 CO. Kerry, during the winter of 1893. 



The Robin. 

 What shall I say about this little bird, so endeared 

 to us during the long winter season — so cheery, so 

 confiding, coming to the window sills of our houses 

 to be fed, so tame — when hard pressed by hunger, as 

 to take food out of our hands ? What shall I say 



