594 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



Dendrocopus major (Linn.) Greater Spotted Woodpecker. 



Very rare visitor ; but, of the three Woodpeckers, this is the most 

 frequently met with in Ireland. Several were taken on, or near 

 to, the east coast in the autumns of 1886 and 1889. 



Dendrocopus minor (Linn.) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 



Very rare visitor. Some six or seven specimens have been ob- 

 tained. (Thompson, Appendix.} None recently. 



lynx torquilla (Linn.) Wryneck. 



Has twice occurred. A specimen, killed near Dunmore, co. 

 Waterford, 5th October, 1877, is in the Museum, having been 

 kindly presented by Mr. Jacob who shot it. A second example 

 was obtained at the Lighthouse on North Aran Island, Galway, 

 on the 6th October, 1886 (Migration Report for 1886, 

 p. iSSOt 



ORDER COLUMB^E. 



COLUMBID^E. 



*Columba palumbus (Linn.) Wood-pigeon. Ring-Dove. 



Resident and common, becoming more abundant in winter. 



*Columba cenas (Linn.) Stock Dove. 



Very rare, and apparently only a recent settler in the north-east of 

 Ireland, where it was first noticed in 1875, and has increased 

 since that time, as I am informed by Mr. W. C. Stubbs. In 

 1876 bred in Down and at Ravensdale Park, Louth. (Zoologist, 

 1876, p. 4798, and 1877, p. 383.) Quite recently the nest has 

 been found in Antrim, by the Rev. J. G. Holmes (Zoologist, 

 1889, p. 309) ; and Mr. J. Johnston informs me that two pairs 

 have, this year (1889), bred in the vicinity of Powerscourt 

 Waterfall. Mr. H. Blake Knox has also obtained a specimen 

 which was shot in Wicklow by his nephew in August, 1889. 

 In Queen's Co., occurring at all seasons, is presumed to 

 breed (1891). One sent from Navan, Feb., 1892 (Mr. E. 

 Williams.} A pair at Luggala, Wicklow, apparently nesting 

 (E. C. Barrington in Zoologist, 1893, p. 192.) At Oak Park, 

 Carlow, (Mr. R. J. Ussher). At Castle Dillon, Armagh. 

 Increasing. 



*Columba livia (Gmel.) Rock Dove. 



Resident. and not uncommon on the rocky coasts, especially in 

 the West of Ireland. 



t Three other instances are now known to have occurred. One on Rathlin 

 O'Birne island, Donegal, October, 1878; one at Ballycurry, co. Wicklow, 3ist 

 May, 1895 ; and one at the Rockabill, 5th Sept., 1896. (See Irish Naturalist, 

 January, 1898: article, "The Wryneck in Ireland.") 



