6 Mr. W. H. Turk— ^ Visit 



FrINGILLA MONTIUM. 



The Twite breeds in several places on Inishtearaght ; it 

 has also been seen on the Great Skellig. 



FllEGILrS GRACULUS. 



We saw a great number of Choughs, but found few nests. 

 Many of these birds seemed to be wandering about in small 

 flocks, without having any intention of breeding, possibly 

 barren birds. A pair breed annually on Inishtearaght, and 

 we were fortunate enough to take two clutches on the Great 

 Blasket and a third on Puffin Island ; several birds were 

 about Inishvickillane, but I have reason to believe that they 

 were not nesting. 



CORVUS CORNIX. 



The Hooded Crow is very common on the Irish coasts, and 

 commits great depredations on the breeding-ground of the 

 sea-birds. My climber got two nests, each with five eggs, 

 on Inishvickillane, and we took several nests on Inish- 

 toorskert, also one on the Little Skellig, besides one on 

 Inishtearaght. 



Troglodytes parvulus. 



We found a Wren's nest, containing six eggs, at the ex- 

 tremity of the burrow of a Puffin. The eggs were more pro- 

 fusely spotted, especially round the larger end, than is usually 

 the case, and the spots were larger than usual. Curiously 

 enough, the nest was not domed. Inishvickillane was the 

 island on which we found it. 



On the Little Skellig the number of Wrens nesting in the 

 crevices of the rock was most remarkable ; we found twenty 

 or thirty nests, but none of them contained eggs, though 

 several appeared to be quite finished. 



COLUMBA LIVIA. 



The Rock Dove does not seem to breed in any great num- 

 bers around these islands, the only place where we took any 

 eggs being on Inishtoorskert, where we got three clutches. 

 I never noticed the birds at the Skelligrs. 



HiEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS. 



The Oyster-catcher was found on all the islands which 



