PALLAS'S WARBLER IN IRELAND. 231 



at the lighthouse lantern on the night of August 12th — 

 13th, 1856. In 1858, Blasius, when on a visit to this 

 island, examined the specimen, and called it " the jewel " 

 of Gatke's collection (c/. H. Gatke, Heligoland, Eng. 

 Ed., pp. 310 and 312). The breeding range of this bird 

 appears to extend over Siberia, east of the Yenesei, to 

 the Pacific, and southwards to the Altai Mountains and 

 the Amur River, while it occurs in China on passage, and 

 winters in Burma, India, and the Malay Archipelago. 

 In habits it seems to be much the same as our Grasshopper- 

 Warbler, and in appearance it is somewhat similar. A 

 friend said it resembled a cross between a Hedge-Sparrow 

 and a Grasshopper- Warbler, but it is markedly larger than 

 the latter bird, and is of a reddish-brown on the upper 

 side, the feathers being striped with black, while the tail- 

 feathers are tipped with greyish- white. The bird was in 

 plump condition, and was no "wind-driven," half-starved, 

 specimen. Judging by lighthouse specimens it is probable 

 that many inconspicuous birds visit our shores more 

 frequently than other records would lead us to suppose. 

 In this case, however, the rarity of the species in Europe 

 scarcely suggests this possibility. 



The specimen was exhibited on my behalf by Mr. W. 

 R. Ogilvie-Grant at the meeting of the British Ornith- 

 ologists' Club held on October 21st last, and it was 

 shown by me at the scientific meeting of the Royal 

 Dublin Society on November 24th. Mr. Pycraft dissected 

 the body and it proved to be a male. 



