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THE FOWLER IN IRELAND. 



might be more frequently obtained ; but that time 

 being the Spring, penalties might be incurred, from 

 which the specimen-hunter would not be exempted. 

 I have, in many years' fowling, seen but four of 

 these elegant little fowl, on two occasions in the 

 month of March. They are most graceful-looking 

 birds, though of sober plumage ; in size between a 

 Teal and hen Wigeon, but nearer to the former. 

 There are Irish specimens of the Garganey in the 



THE GARGANEY. 



Trinity College and Leinster House Museums, 

 Dublin. Mr. Sheridan obtained a couple at 

 Achill, and remarked their great swiftness on the 

 wing. Mr. Glennon saw two Garganeys exhibited 

 for sale in Dublin market, shot in the Bay, in the 

 winter 1880-81, but the price asked for them by the 

 dealer was too high. One shot near Youghal came 

 into the possession of Mr. R. Ussher, of Cappagh, 

 who presented it to the Dublin Museum. Three 

 were shot by me on March 2Oth, 1878, in Cork 

 Harbour, arid a fourth seen in March, 1880, in the 



