GRALLATORES. 



AVES. 1 1 



Order RASORES. 



Fam. ColumUdce. 



53. COLTJMBA, Swains. 



86. C. palnmbus, Linn. Ring Dove. Resident. common. 



87. C. livia, Briss. Rock Dove. Resident common on the coasts, 



88. C. turtur, Linn. Turtle Dove. Summer visitant. The Tur- 

 tle Dove has been shot at Castlefreke in the west of the county by 

 the Rev. Joseph Stopford. It has also been frequently observed 

 in two localities in the neighbourhood of Carrigaline, about ten 

 miles sou;h of Cork. 



Fam. Tetraonidte. 



54. LAG OPUS, Vieill 



89. L. Scoticus, Lath, (sp.) Red Grouse. Resident. 



55. PERDIX, Steph. 



90. P, cinerea, Briss. Common Partridge. Resident. 



56. COTURNIX, Briss. 



91. C, vulgaris, Briss. Common Quail. Summer visitant. not 

 very common. 



Otis tarda, Linn, the Great Bustard, was formerly found in 

 Cork, according to Smith, Hist. Cork, Vol. 2. p. 329. 



Order GRALLATORES. 

 Fam. Charadriadce. 



57. GLAREOLA, Briss. 



92. G. pratincola, Leach. Collared Pratincole. The Pratincole 

 has not hitherto had a place amongst Irish Birds, but I have no 

 hesitation in admitting it into this Catalogue on the authority of 

 my friend the Rev. Joseph Stopford, who is well acquainted with 

 our native Birds. He informs me that he shot the bird a few 

 years since in the month of October at Castlefreke, the Seat of 

 Lord Carbery. The minute description which he gave me leaves 

 no doubt as to his correctness. The specimen, I regret to say, 

 was not preserved. 



58. CHARADRIUS, Linn. 



93. C. pluvialis, Linn. Golden Plover. Resident. common. 



94. C. hiaticula, Linn. Ringed Plover. Resident. common. 



59. SQUATAROLA, Cuv. 



95. S. cinerea, Cuv. Grey Plover. Winter visitant. not very 

 common. 



Smith (Hist. Cork, vol. 2.p. 3QQ.J enumerates the Great Plover, 

 (CEdicnemus crepitans} amongst the Birds of Cork. It has not been 

 met with of late years within the county, but my friend Richard D. 

 Parker, Esq., of Sundays Well, writes me that he met two of these 



