582 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



Scops giu (Scopoli). Scops-Owl. 



Very rare visitor. Two are mentioned by Thompson. One ob- 

 tained in Meath. Another in Wexford, April, 1847. One 

 was captured at Belfast, i;th November, 1883. (Mr. Blake 

 Knox.} A specimen labelled " Ireland," is in the Museum, from 

 Mr. Warren's collection, but with no special locality attached. 

 One shot in Wexford, May 31, 1889, has been presented to the 

 Museum by Mr. F. R. Leigh. (Zoologist, 1889, p. 313 .)* 



Nyctea scandiaca (Linn.) Snowy Owl. 



Very rare and uncertain winter visitor. One shot on Inishtrahull 

 Island, Donegal, i9th November, 1882, was presented to the 

 Museum by Mr. W. H. James, the Lighthouse-keeper. One 

 was shot at Dundrum, co. Down, January 18, 1889, as I am 

 informed by Mr. Sheals, of Belfast. Mr. H. Blake Knox in 

 1888 obtained a specimen from Belmullet, Mayo, and one was 

 shot on the 6th December, 1892, in Achill. 



*Aluco flammeus (Linn.) Barn Owl. 



Resident and generally distributed in small numbers. 



ORDER PASSERES. 

 LANIIDJE. 



Lanius excubitor (Linn.) Great Grey Shrike. 



Rare and uncertain winter visitor. The two Grey Shrikes in the 

 Museum, from counties Louth and Down, both have only one 

 wing-bar. 

 Lanius collurio (Linn.) Red-backed Shrike. 



Has once occurred. Near Belfast, loth August, 1878. (Zoologist, 

 1878, P- 4370 



MUSCICAPID^E. 



Muscicapa grisola (Linn.) Spotted Flycatcher. 



Regular summer visitor, and generally distributed. 



Muscicapa parva (Bechst.) Red-breasted Flycatcher. 



Has twice occurred. Once at Arklow South Lightship, 23rd Octo- 

 ber, 1887. (Zoologist, 1888, p. 390, and Migration Report 

 for 1887, p. 124.) A second on Tearaght Rock, 20th October, 

 1890 (Zoologist, 1891, p. 1 86.) 



Muscicapa atricapilla (Linn.) Pied Flycatcher. 



Very rare visitor. Has several times been taken at lighthouses in 

 autumn e.g., at Tearaght, September 21, and at Fastnet, 

 October 5, 1886. Again at the Fastnet, September 30, 1888, 

 and at the Tuskar, September 28, 1888. (Zoologist, 1888, 

 pp. 391 and 425.) The first Irish specimen was shot at Moyview, 

 co. Sligo, April, 1875 (Zoologist, 1875, p. 4498), and was pre- 

 sented to the Museum by Mr. R. Warren. 



t One from the Montgomery Collection is probably the bird said to have been 

 killed in Clare (Dublin Nat. Hist. Soc. Proc. y vol. i. p. 91, 1852). 



