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* *Tnrtur communis (Selby.) Turtle Dove. 



Rare summer visitor, but occurs probably every year in the South of 

 Ireland. Recorded as having nested in the counties of Down 

 and Kerry. (Thompson.} No recent instance known, but 

 Mr. E. Williams has obtained young birds in Co. Dublin. 



Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.) Passenger Pigeon. 



Native of America. Has once occurred near Tralee. (Thompson, 

 Vol. iii., Appendix, p. 443.) 



ORDER PTEROCLETES. 

 PTEROCLIDJE. 



Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas). Pallas' s Sand- Grouse. 



In June, 1863, a few small flocks visited Ireland and examples were 

 obtained at Balbriggan, co. Dublin, Ross, co. Fermanagh, 

 Drumbeg and Naran, co. Donegal. (Ibis, 1864, pp. 211 and 

 212. Zoologist, 1893, p. 8690.) The specimen shot at Drum- 

 beg, Inver Bay, out of a flock of eight, is now in the Museum. 

 On the 4th of October, 1876, a male and female were shot near 

 Kilcock, co. Kildare. (Field, Oct. 14, 1876.) 



A much larger immigration occurred in the spring of 1888, of which 

 Dr. R. F. Scharff, Curator of the Natural History Museum, has 

 given a full account in the Scientific Proceedings of the 

 Royal Dublin Society, Vol. vi. (N.S.), p. 278, from which it 

 appears that the birds were widely scattered from north to 

 south, and from east to west over Ireland, and Dr. Scharff 

 estimates the number as possibly having exceeded many hun- 

 dreds. A specimen from Tullamore, King's co., and another 

 from Clare are in the Museum. 



ORDER GALLIN^E. 

 TETRAONID^E. 



*Lagopus sections (Lath.) Red Grouse. 



Resident and generally distributed on mountains and bogs, but 

 not so abundant as in the mountainous parts of Scotland. 

 There is in the Museum a good specimen of the Albino variety. 

 Hybrids between Grouse and Bantam were raised at Crumlin, 

 near Dublin, by the late Mr. Hayes, as I am informed by my 

 friend, Mr. A. R. Wallace, who has very kindly shown me 

 several of the specimens. 



Obs. The Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (Linn.) was formerly an 

 inhabitant of Ireland, but has long since been exterminated, 

 having survived until about 1760, or perhaps 1787* 

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