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XLVI. — On some Recent Additicrm to the List of 

 Irish Birds. By Hexry Seebohm. 



Syltia xisoria. 



The year 1884 was remarkable for the occurrence of four 

 examples of the Barred Warbler in the British Isles. On 

 the 16th of August one was shot in the Isle of Skye 

 (Dresser, 'Ibis/ 1885, p. 453). Twelve days afterwards a 

 second was shot on the Yorkshire coast (Slater, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1884, p. 477). Five days later a third example was 

 shot on the 2nd of September in County ^layo (Ussher, 

 ' Zoologist,' 1890, p. 310) ; and two days later still a fourth 

 was shot at Blakeney in Xorfolk (Dresser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1884, p. 477). 



The Irish example was sent to me for examination, and 

 appeared to be a young bird in first plumage. Previous to 

 the year 1884 the only claim of this species to be regarded 

 as a British bird rested upon a single example which was 

 shot near Cambridge about half a century ago. 



MrSCICAPA PARVA. 



The last ten years have added much to our knowledge of 

 the Red-breasted Flycatcher as an occasional visitor to the 

 British Islands. It was previously only known to have 

 visited Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, whence three or four 

 examples were recorded ; but more recently it has occurred 

 in other parts of Great Britain and in Ireland. 



On the 5th of October, 1883, a young male was shot at 

 Berwick-on-Tweed (Bolam, ' NaturaHst," 1884, p. 9). On 

 the 23rd of October, 1887, an example was caught at the 

 Arklow South Lightship, off the north-east coast of Co. 

 TTexford (Barrington, ' Zoologist,' 1888, p. 391) . On the 

 13th of September, 1890, an example was procured on the 

 Norfolk coast (Ogdvie, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 616; ; and 

 on the 20th of October in the same year a second Irish 

 example was caught at the lighthouse on the Tearaght Rock, 

 off the coast of Co. Kerry (Barrington, 'Zoologist/ 1891, 

 p. 186). 



