1917-] Recently published OrnithologicallVurkfi. 2(31 



Scotch Fir, but there was much variation in the liuinjjf of 

 the nest?, which were formed of either fine roots, feathers, 

 mossj or even lichen. Mr. Carroll also states that the birds 

 lie observed fed almost exclusively on the seeds of the 

 •Scotch Fir and never on those of the Spruce. 



Another article by the same authoi-, Mr. Can-oil, deals 

 Aviih the growing scarcity of the Raven in Cos Waterford 

 and Tipperar}'. They nsed to be quite common in these 

 counties, but they have been destroyed by the poison laid 

 in the wilder parts for the destruction of foxes. Now only 

 some half-dozen pairs are found along the sea- cliffs and 

 in the precipices of the mountains in Waterford, while in 

 Tipperary they are probably extinct. 



Another Irish bird now probably extinct is the Golden 

 Eagle. What was probably the last individual left in 

 Ireland, a female, is stated by Mr. W. J. Williams to have 

 been killed in Co. Mayo in October 1915. 



Some careful observations on the liabits of the Nightjar 

 in the Euniskillcn bogs are contributed by Mr. J. P. Burkitt, 

 and Prof. C. J. Patten sends some notices of the occurrence 

 of rare birds at the lighthouse on the Tuskar rock off the 

 Wexford coast, including the second Irish record of the 

 Tree-Pipit and the first of the Black-eared Wheatear. 



Irish ornithology has recently suffered a great loss in 

 the death of Mr. Robert Warren on 26 November, 1915, 

 and we regret that no previous mention of this has been 

 made in the pages of 'The Ibis.* A full biographical notice 

 Avitli a portrait and a list of his writings is contributed to 

 the March numboi" of the 'Irish Naturalist' by Mr. C. B. 

 INIoftat. Born in 1829 he was a correspondent of Prof. 

 William Thompson of Cork, and assisted him in the pre- 

 paration of his work on Irish birds. Later on he was 

 associated with Messrs. Barrington, Ussher and Moore in 

 the preparation of the more recently published 'Birds of 

 Ireland." He added the White Wagtail and the Pied 

 Flycatcher to the Irish list and made many other obser- 

 vations and discoveries in Irish ornithology, and the list of 

 his writings dates from 1857 to 1911;. 



