600 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus (Linn.) Red-necked Phalarope. 



Has once occurred. At Lough Gilly, Armagh, November, 1891. 

 Received by Mr. Williams, ijth November {Zoologist, 1892, 

 p. 28). 



*Scolopax rusticula (Linn.) Woodcock. 



Numerous in winter. Many remain to breed, chiefly in the eastern 

 and southern counties ; and, as in Scotland, the bird appears 

 to be extending its summer range. The birds reared in this 

 country are believed to leave their breeding quarters in the 

 early autumn. (See 6th Migration Report, 1885, p. 6 1.) 



Gallinago major (Gmel.) Great Snipe. 



Extremely rare and accidental visitor. Nearly all the so-called 

 "solitary snipes" reported by sportsmen, are nothing more 

 than large individuals of the Common Snipe. I knowf of only 

 three Irish specimens. One shot in Leitrim in October, 1886 

 (Zoologist, 1887, p. 75). One shot in Achill Island (Field, 

 November 10, 1888), which Mr. R. Livesey has kindly shown 

 to me, A third, shot near Galway, October 12, 1888, has very 

 kindly been presented to the Museum by Mr. W. H. Persse 

 (Zoologist, 1889, p. 33). A fourth shot at Ballycroy, Mayo, 

 October 13, 1893 (Zoologist, 1893, p. 434). 



*GallinagO COelestis (Frenzel). Common Snipe. 



Breeds in small numbers throughout Ireland, becoming much more 

 numerous in winter. The dark variety called Sabine's Snipe 

 is exceedingly rare. (See Field, Dec. 10, 1870; Zoologist \ 

 1884, p. 272). One shot in Kildare, 5th December, 1886, 

 and presented by Mr. G. M'Sheehy, and another obtained in 

 the Dublin Market, 27th December, 1886, are in the Museum. 



Gallinago gallinula (Linn.) Jack Snipe. 



Regular winter visitor, much less numerous than the Common 

 Snipe. 



Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmel.) Red-breasted Snipe. 



Native of America. One sent with a lot of Common Snipe from 

 Maryborough was obtained by Mr. Williams in Dublin on 

 29th September, 1893 (Zoologist, 1893, p. 433). Another (an 

 adult female) received from Tipperary, nth October, 1893 

 (Zoologist, 1894, p. 63). 



Limicola filatyrhyncha (Temm.) Broad-billed Sandpiper. 



Has once occurred. In Belfast Bay, 4th Oct., 1844. (Thompson.} 

 Tringa maculata (Vieill.) Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Native of America. Has once occurred. In the Zoologist, 1889, 

 p. 32, Mr. E. Williams has recorded a specimen obtained 

 near Portumna in October, 1888, which Dr. Scharff informs me 

 is now in the Museum. 



tin 1889. 



