A List of Irish Birds. 60 r 



7ringa fuscicollis (Vieill.) Bonaparte's Sandpiper. 



Native of America. Is believed to have once occurred. A specimen 

 in the Belfast Museum is supposed to have been shot in Belfast 

 Bay. (Thompson, Vol. ii., p. 297.) 



*Tringa alpina (Linn.) Dunlin. 



Abundant on the sea-shore except in summer. Breeds on bogs 

 and moors in the northern half of Ireland, and in King's County 

 and Wicklow. 



Tringa miimta (Leisler). Little Stint. 



Regular autumnal visitor, but in very small numbers, and 

 chiefly along- the North-east coast. 



Tringa Temminckii (Leisler). Temminck's Stint. 



Has once occurred. Near Tralee at the unusual date of January,, 

 in 1848. (Thompson, Vol. ii., p. 302.) 



Tringa subarquata (Guldenst.) Curlew Sandpiper. 



Regular autumnal visitor in small numbers very rare in winter. 



Tringa striata (Linn.) Purple Sandpiper. 



Regular visitor in autumn and winter, but not numerous. 



Tringa canutus (Linn.) Knot. 



Frequent on the sea-shores in autumn and winter. 



Calidris arenaria (Linn.) Sanderling. 

 Regular visitor in autumn and winter. 



Machetes pugnax (Linn.) Ruff. 

 Rare visitor, chiefly in autumn. 



Tryngites rufescens (Vieill.) Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



Native of America. Has twice occurred. The specimen shot near 

 the Pigeon House, Dublin (Thompson, Vol. ii., p. 302), is in 

 the Museum, having [been presented by the Natural History 

 Society of Dublin. Two were shot at the People's Park, 

 Belfast, October, 1864. (Zoologist, 1866, p. 389.) 



Bartramia longicauda (Bechst.) Bartram's Sandpiper. 



Native of America. Has once occurred. A specimen having been 

 obtained by Mr. Joseph Dun'n, in 1855, among other wild fowl 

 sent to him from Ballinasloe.t 



*Totanus hypoleilCUS (Linn.) Common Sandpiper. 



Regular summer visitor, and breeds from North to South of 

 Ireland. Perhaps more common in the North. 



Totanus ochropus (Linn.) Green Sandpiper. 

 Rare visitor, occurring chiefly in autumn. 



t Another, shot in a rushy field at Newcestown, near Bandon, Co. Cork, 4th 

 Sept., 1894, is in the collection of Mr. R. M. Barrington (Irish Nat., 1895, P- l66 )- 



