252 HUrriSII lilRDS. [vol. IX. 



Ireland embraced the comUies of Keiiy. W'atcrford. Tipix-rary. 

 ({alway, Mayo, .Sligo, Leitriiii, Fermanagh. Donegal, London- 

 derry, TjTOiie, Antrim and Down, A\hile in at least one cliff- 

 face there still remain a few ancient weather-beaten nests, 

 pathetic monuments of a noble bygone species. 



f\ J. Carroll. 



KOUGH-LEGGED AXD COMMUX JU'ZZARDS L\ 

 LINCOLNSHIRE. 



As an aiitnnin immigration of Buzzards is being rep<»ited 

 (anted, p. 211) from the eastern counties, it may be of interest 

 to add to the records that I sa^-, through field-glasses at short 

 range, a Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo I. layopus) in north- 

 west Lincolnshire on October 26th, 1915; and Mr. Cr. H. 

 Caton Haigh saw a .specimen of the Common Buzzard [Butec 

 h. bnteo) which was shot on the north-east coa.st of Lincolnshire 

 on November 18th. V. L. Bl.\thwavt. 



COMMON BUZZARD JX CO. WICKLOW. 



During the last week of November. 1915, a male Common 

 Buzzard {Buico h. hutco) was shot near Arklow, co. Wicklow . 

 It was ob.served amongst the Wicklow Mountains throughout 

 the summer — a most unusual time of year to find this species 

 in Ireland, as, having ceased to breed in the country, it is now- 

 only an uncertain visitor from October to ^larch. 



C. J. Caiikcll. 



GLOSSY IBIS IN W ll/rSHlRK. 



A Glossy Ibis {Phgadis /. falcinelln.s) ^\ as shot by the keeper 

 at Burderop (near Swindon) in September. 1915, and has 

 been set up by Paisey of Swindon. General Calley has 

 kindly given me the following particulars: "My keeper saw 

 it one morning, at the beginning of September last, in a 

 grass field near a brook, within 1(J0 yards of his honse. and 

 ]iromptly shot it. I severely rated him for having done so. 

 There was another seen, about the same time, at Drayeott. 

 near the camp, but I hope and l)elicve that that escai)ed 

 the usual fate of rare birds in this country." Drayeott is 

 ( I uite close to Burderop. C. P».\thurst Honv. 



OIL-CLOGGED KlX(;-l<:iDi:i! IX KENT. 



An iuHuature male King-Eider {JSonialc/iii sjMctabili.'^} was 

 washed ashore at Dungeness, East Bay, Kent, on November 

 10th, 1915. I saw it soon aftei- it had been picked up, and it 

 was then covered with ci iidc petroleum, which at this time 

 again ma(l(^ its a])i)('ai'aiicc nii this ]»ai( of the coast. There 



