A List of Irish Birds. 599 



*JEgialitis hiaticula (Linn.) Ringed Plover. 



Resident ; far more numerous in winter. Breeds on some of the 

 inland lakes, as well as on the sea-shore. 



JEgialitis cantiana (Lath.) Kentish Plover. 



Extremely rare visitor. One obtained on the North Bull, Dublin, is 

 in the Museum. 



*Charadrius pluvialis (Linn.) Golden Plover. 



Breeds sparingly in most of the mountainous districts, from Kerry, 

 Cork, Tipperary, Queen's County, and Wicklow, northwards ; 

 and is much more numerous in autumn and winter. 



Charadrius dominions (Miiller). American Golden Plover. 



Native of America. A specimen from Belmullet, Mayo, in the 

 Dublin Market, September 12, 1894 (Zoologist, 1894, p. 428). 



Squatarola helvetica (Linn.) Grey Plover. 



Regular visitor in small numbers around the coast in autumn and 

 winter, remaining till spring. 



*Vanellus vulgaris (Bechst.) Lapwing. 



Resident ; but becomes much more numerous in autumn and 

 winter. 



Strep silas interpres (Linn.) Turnstone. 



Frequent on the coast, except in summer. 



*Haematopus ostralegus (Linn.) Oyster Catcher. 



Common on the sea-coast, and breeds, but is more numerous in 

 winter. 



Chionis alba (Lath.) Sheathbill. 



One shot at the Carlingford Lighthouse, Co. Down, 2nd December, 

 1892. (R. M. Barrington in Zoologist, 1893, p. 28.) 



SCOLOPACID^. 



Kecurvirostra avocetta (Linn.) Avocet. 



Very rare visitor. A specimen, one of a pair first observed by Mr. 

 R. Warren, was killed on the estuary of the river Moy, and 

 presented to the Museum by Captain W. K. Dover. (Zoologist, 

 1877, p. 288.) 



Himantopus candidus (Bonnat.) Black-winged Stilt. 



Very rare visitor. Has occurred five or six times in Ireland. A 

 specimen, killed at Ballinrobe, is in the Museum, from the 

 Montgomery Collection. A pair were seen, and one of them 

 shot, many years ago, near Kilbeggan, Westmeath, by the late 

 Dr. R. Battersby. 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.) Grey Phalarope. 



Rare and uncertain winter visitor. Several were taken in October 

 and November, 1886. (Zoologist, 1887, p. 75.) 



