6o2 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



Tetanus glareola (Gmel.) Wood Sandpiper. 



Has once occurred. Shot on Calary Bog, near the Sugarloaf 

 Mountain, Wicklow, 23rd August, 1885, and presented to the 

 Museum by the Rev. Dr. Benson (Zoologist, 1885, p. 438)- 

 *Totanus calidris (Linn.) Common Redshank. 



Breeds on the inland marshes and lakes, from North to South of 

 Ireland, becoming numerous on the sea-shores in autumn and 

 winter. 



'Tetanus fuscus (Linn.) Spotted Redshank. 



Very rare visitor, chiefly in autumn. Single birds have several 

 times been observed and twice shot by Mr. R. Warren on the 

 estuary of the Moy. The specimen in the Museum was ob- 

 tained by Mr. Williams, from Sallins, Co. Kildare (Zoologist, 

 ^77' P- 75). 

 Totanus canescens (Gmel.) Greenshank. 



Regular visitor in autumn, remaining all through winter and 

 spring. 



Limosa aegocephala (Linn.) Black-tailed Godwit. 

 Rare visitor, chiefly in autumn. 



Limosa lapponica (Linn.) Bar-tailed Godwit. 



Regular visitor in autumn, a few remaining through the winter ; 



and the bird is most numerous in spring. 

 *Numenius arquata (Linn.) Curlew. 



A few breed on the bogs and moors from South to North of Ireland. 



Plentiful on the coast in autumn and winter. 

 Kumenius phaeopus (Linn ) Whimbrel. " May-bird." 



A passing visitor to the sea-shores in spring and autumn. 



Numenius borealis (J. R. Forst.) Eskimo Curlew. 



Native of America. Has once occurred. Obtained in a poulterer's 

 shop in William -street, Dublin, and said to have been shot in 

 Sligo, October, 1870. (Zoologist, 1870, p. 2108.) This specimen 

 has been very kindly presented to the Museum by Sir Victor 

 Brooke. 



ORDER GAVLE. 



Hydrochelidon nigra (Linn.) Black Tern. 



Rare visitor, chiefly in autumn, has occurred also in spring. I 

 have seen an immature bird which was obtained by Mr. J. R. 

 Sheridan in Achill Island, in September, 1887. 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera (Schinz). White-winged Black Tern. 



Has five times occurred. One shot at Cappagh, Waterford, i3th 

 May, 1875, was presented to the Museum by Mr. R. J. Ussher.f 



fThe specimen shot in Clare, in 1893, is also in the Museum. 



