584 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



*TnrdU8 torquatus (Linn.) Ring-Ouzel. 



Summer visitor, frequenting, in limited numbers, the mountainous 

 districts throughout Ireland. Has occurred in winter. 



SYLVIID^E. 



*Accentor modularis (Linn.) . Hedge -Sparrow. 

 Resident and common. 



*Erithacus rubecula (Linn.) Redbreast. 



Resident and common. Often taken at the Lighthouses when 



migrating. 



[The Nightingale is recorded in the Zoologist, 1883, by Mr. Ussher, 

 as having been once obtained ; and Mr. F. Rohu has kindly 

 informed me that this single specimen, now in the Museum at 

 Queen's College, Cork, was shot on the Lighthouse wall at the 

 Old Head of Kinsale, on the 23rd September, 1876, but, as in 

 the case of the Reed Warbler, I do not think that one visit of 

 a common English bird is sufficient to give it a place on the 

 Irish list.] 



*Kuticilla phoenicurus (Linn.) Redstart. 



Very rare visitor. Has, within the last few years, been found 

 breeding at Powerscourt, Wicklow ; and has several times 

 been captured at the Lighthouses, both in spring and autumn. 



Buticilla titys (Scopoli). Black Redstart. 



Winter visitor, occurring in small numbers chiefly on or near to the 

 east and south coasts. 



*Saxicola rubicola (Linn.) Stonechat. 

 Resident and common. 



*Saxicola rubetra (Linn.) Whinchat. 



Summer visitor in small numbers. Rare and local. Its few known 

 breeding localities are all in the northern half of Ireland. Has 

 occurred in December, near Dublin. 



*Saxicola cenanthe (Linn.) Wheatear. 



Summer visitor, common. Was once seen by me in December, 

 1855, near Broadstone Station, on the Canal. 



Hypolais icterina (Vieill.) Icterine Warbler. 



Has once, or perhaps twice, occurred. The first Irish specimen, 

 shot at Dunsinea, 8th June, 1856, was most liberally presented 

 to the Museum by Mr. J. G. Rathborne (see Royal Dublin 

 Society's Journal, i., p. 440). Another is recorded as having 

 been observed by Mr. Allan Ellison, in Coollattin Park, Wick- 

 low, on the 291?! May, 1886, at nearly the same date when the 

 bird was seen in Pembrokeshire (Zoologist ', 1886, p. 333). 



[Mr. Montgomery is recorded to have obtained a specimen of the 

 Reed Warbler at Raheny, near Dublin, on the 2 ist December, 

 1843 (Thompson) ; and about the same date a Whitethroat, 

 and two Blackcaps.] 



