2QO THE FOWLER IN IRELAND. 



" Natural History of Ireland," that two Great Auks 

 were obtained off the Waterford coast at nearly the 

 same time. He had since found them to be the 

 same ; the one Dr. Burkitt obtained being the 

 phantom second as well, having passed through 

 several hands, and thus causing the mistake. Dr. 

 Burkitt, at the time he obtained this only recorded 

 Irish specimen, was ignorant of its value, and gave 

 it to a collector, who assured him the bird was of 

 little account. He also parted with his other great 

 prize in the same way a Gold-vented Thrush, a 

 bird never before or since obtained in Europe. 



Thompson speaks of a third Great Auk as 

 having been washed ashore dead near Carberry, 

 co. Cork, but the gentleman from whom he derived 

 the information told me the report was incorrect, as 

 this bird had long wings. 



