376 REPORT—1840. 
The word “ resident,” in the sense in which it has hitherto 
been used, will not apply to any of the Sclopacide. 'The 
species of which a portion breed in Ireland, and are common 
at all seasons, are Num. arquata, Tot. Calidris, Scol. Galli- 
nago, and Trin. variabilis. Tot. Hypoleucos is a regular 
summer visitant; at the same season J. Ochropus has occa- 
sionally been met with, and very rarely 7. Glarcola*? The 
regular autumnal migrants are Num. Pheopus, Tot. Glottis, 
Lim. rufa, Machetes pugnax, Trin. subarquata}, T. minutat, 
T. Canutus ; and to these probably Lim. melanura might with 
propriety be added. In the North of Ireland these species are 
met with for a longer or shorter period during autumn, and 
generally move southward on the approach of winter: to this 
there are, however, occasional exceptions, in some remaining 
behind; to 7. Canutus and T. Glottis this more especially 
applies. Num. Pheopus is, in consequence of being in large 
flocks, much better known upon our coasts in spring when 
migrating northwards, than in the autumn, when it appears 
only in small numbers. Scol. Zusticola and S. Gallinula come 
from more northern latitudes to abide the winter; the former 
has of late years bred in various parts of Ireland}. col. Sa- 
bint, Trin. maritima, and Phal. lobatus, have on several occa- 
sions been obtained ; 7’. maritima is probably a regular winter 
visitant. Recur. Avocetta and Him. melanopterus have twice 
been noticed. Tot. fuscus is on record, froma single example 
having occurred: this species may have escaped notice from 
its geueral similarity to the common Tot. Calidris. Scol. major 
should not perhaps be included even with a mark of doubt, 
as I have not seen any example of it, killed in Ireland, but 
sportsmen have described birds to me that can hardly be any 
other, and have correctly remarked on the peculiarity of habits 
in which they differed from the Scol. Gallinago. 
Of our desiderata in the Scolopacide, Tr. pectoralis has 
once, and Tr. rufescens twice, been obtained in England ; 
Macr. griseus is a ‘‘ very rare,” and Tr. Temminckii an ‘ oc- 
casional visitant” to that country. Lobipes hyperboreus is in 
Great Britain chiefly confined to the more northern isles and 
coasts of Scotland. 
Fam. Rallide. 
Treland. Great Britain. 
0 Glareola Pratincola, Leach. 
Rallus aquaticus, L. + 
* See Annals of Natural History, vol. v. p, 8. 
+ Ibid., vol. iv. p. 285. 
+ Annals of Natural History, vol. ii. 
