A List of Irish Birds. 585 



*Acrocephalus schcenobceims (Linn.) Sedge Warbler. 

 Regular summer visitor, and generally distributed. 



*Acrocephalus naevius (Bodd.) Grasshopper Warbler. 



Regular summer visitor. Rare and local, but breeds in the East 

 and South of Ireland, and in Armagh and Fermanagh. Quite 

 recently the bird has been found also in Mayo (Zoologist? 

 1866, p. 366). 



*Sylvia rufa (Bodd.) Greater Whitethroat. 



Regular summer visitor, and widely distributed. 



Sylvia curruca (Linn.) Lesser Whitethroat. 



Has once occurred. At Tearaght Rock Lighthouse, ist October, 

 1890 (Zoologist, 1 89 1 , p . 1 86) . 



*Sylvia salicaria (Linn. ) Garden Warbler. 



Rare summer visitor, and very local. Has been found breeding in 

 the counties of Antrim, Tipperary, and probably Cork (Thomp- 

 son]. Breeds in Fermanagh. (Sir V. Brooke.} In Sligo, and 

 along the Shannon Valley, as far south as the south end of 

 Lough Derg (Royal Irish Academy, Proc. (3), Vol. in., No. 

 3) ; also, probably, Down and Queen's County. 



*Sylvia atricapilla (Linn.) Blackcap. 



Regular summer visitor in very small numbers. The nest has been 

 found in the counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Tipperary, Water- 

 ford, and Mayo, and the bird breeds also in Kildare (Mr. J. 

 E. Palmer], Queen's Co. (Mrs. Croasdaile], and probably 

 Antrim. Occasionally in Down (R. I. A. Proc., 3rd ser., 

 Vol. iii., No. 3). Has several times occurred in winter, 



Sylvia nisoria ( Bechst .) Barred Warbler. 



Has once occurred. At Belmullet, Mayo, 24th September, 1884 

 (Zoologist, 1890, p. 310). The specimen is in the Museum.f 



*PhylloscopTis sibilatrix (Bechst.) Wood-Wren. 



Very rare summer visitor. Has been obtained in Fermanagh and 

 Dublin (Harting, Summer Migrants], in Donegal (Harf), 

 and is a regular summer visitor to Powerscourt, Wicklow. 

 At Clonbrock, Galway, both bird and eggs have been obtained. 

 A specimen from Colebrooke, presented by Sir Victor Brooke, 

 and another from Donegal, presented Mr/ H. C. Hart, are in 

 the Museum. A Wood- Wren was observed by Mr. R. Patter- 

 son, in the " Bog Meadows," near Belfast, on the 5th May, 

 1889. One was heard in the Dargle, by Mr. Hart, on the 7th 

 May, 1893. (Zoologist, 1893, p. 225.) 



t A second Barred Warbler was obtained at the Rockabill, 25th September, 

 1896, and is in Mr. R. M. Barrington's collection. 



