

PREFACE. 



THE present, so far as I am aware, is the first Catalogue 

 of the Vertebrated Animals of the County of Cork which 

 has been published. It was originally prepared in a tabular 

 form, somewhat on the plan of Mr. Thompson's report 

 on the Fauna of Ireland ; but as its present shape seems 

 best adapted for this little publication, I have considered 

 it sufficient to give the following summary of the number 

 of species in each class which have been found in the 

 County, as compared with those of Great Britain and 

 Ireland respectively. 



Mammalia. Birds Reptiles. Amphibia. Fishes. Total. 



Great Britain 67. 301. 8. 7. 236. 619. 



Ireland 31. 238. 2. 5. 159. 435. 



Cork 24. 167. 1. 1. 95. 228. 



For the knowledge of a considerable number of the 

 rarer fishes in this list, I am indebted to my friend 

 Robert Ball, Esq., of Dublin ; who kindly furnished me 

 with notes on the whole divison : the greater part of the 

 remainder I have had opportunities of observing myself. 



Vultur fulvus has only been met with in the one 

 instance here recorded, in the British Isles : TurdusWhitci, 



