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generally wings and feet, were forwarded to him for 

 identification. A digest of this work, which continued till 

 1896, was prepared by Mr. W. Eagle Clarke and published 

 in that year. 



Finally, in 1900 a large volume containing the results 

 of all these observations was issued by Barrington under 

 the title of ' The Migration of Birds as observed at Irish 

 Lighthouses and Lightships' (see ' Ibis/ 1900, p. Q77). 



One important result of the migration enquiry was the 

 wonderful private Fassaroe Museum, in which the rare birds 

 received from lighthouses and the legs and wings of the 

 commoner species were preserved. No fewer than sixteen 

 species were by this means added to the Irish avifauna, 

 viz. : — Acanthis I. rostrata, Emberiza pitsilla, Calcarius 

 lajjponicus, Alauda a. cinerascens, Calandrella brachydadyla, 

 Otocorys alpestris, Lanius senator, Sylvia curruca, Melizo- 

 philus u. dartfordiensis, Locustella certhiola^ Acrocephalus 

 streperus, A. aquaticus, Hypolais polyglotta, Phylloscopus 

 superciliosus, CEnanthe oe. leucorrhoa, Muscicapa parva; two 

 other species, the American Junco kyemalis and the Antarctic 

 Chionis alba recorded by him, the latter not mentioned even 

 in the Appendix of the new B. 0. U. List, probably owe 

 their presence in Ireland to "■ assisted passages/"* 



Most of Bai'rington's earlier contributions to ornithological 

 literature were published in the pages of the ' Zoologist/ 

 his later ones in the ' Irish Naturalist ■" and in ' British 

 Birds.' His first paper, on the '' Food of the Wood- 

 Pigeon,'* is to be found in the 'Zoologist' for 1866. He 

 became a Member of the Union in 1881, but to the pages 

 of the ' Ibis ' he only sent a few short letters. He threw 

 himself heartily into many enterprises for extending bio- 

 logical knowledge and interest in Ireland, and was one of 

 the founders of the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club and a 

 valued member of the council of the Royal Irish Academy, 

 the Dublin Society, and the Zoological Society of Ireland. 

 To his wide knowledge of natural history there was added 

 a personal charm and a kindly humour which will always 

 make the memory of his friendship a high privilege. 



