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Members without assigning any reason. Such member may, 

 if he so desire, stand for re-election by ballot at the next 

 Annual Meeting, and in the event of his re-election, no fee 

 for re-admission shall be required." 



The action of the British Ornithologists' Union in condemn- 

 ing in such unhesitating fashion the practice of collecting the 

 birds and eggs of rare British breeding species will be received 

 with the most intense satisfaction by all who have the science 

 of Ornithology at heart. — Eds. 



IRISH BIRDS. 



In noticing Mr. Ussher's " List of Irish Birds " in the last 

 number of this Magazine, I much regret to have done an 

 injustice to Irish ornithologists — quite unintentionally — by 

 stating that little information had been added since the 

 publication of Messrs. Ussher and Warren's " Birds of 

 Ireland." I fully intended to add, " which had not already 

 been referred to in these pages." Mr. Ussher has very kindly 

 supplied me with particulars of the information additional 

 to that in the " Birds of Ireland " contained in his " List," 

 and I am glad to be able to draw attention to the following 

 records which have not already been mentioned in British 

 Birds : — 



Water-Pipit. — A specimen shot by the late Canon Tristram 

 on Rockabill, co. Dublin, in June, 1861, has hitherto been 

 unrecorded. This, the first and only Irish specimen, is now 

 in the Dublin Museum. 



HoNEY-BuzzARD. — One was shot in King's Countv, on 

 September 28th, 1903. 



American Bittern. — Has now occurred fifteen times, 

 as against eleven given in the " Birds of Ireland." 



Spoonbill. — Has occurred in tliirty-five instances, while 

 only thirty-three were mentioned in the " Birds of Ireland." 



Crane. — In the " Catacombs " cave at Edenvale, co. 

 Clare, several bones of Crane have been discovered. 



There is also additional information with regard to some of 

 the Terns and Shearwaters and other birds which will be noticed 

 in the articles on " Additions." Mr. Ussher also points out 

 that in the case of the Rose-coloured Starling he made a slip 

 in stating that only about twenty had been recorded — the 

 number should have been twenty-eight. H.F.W. 



RARE BIRDS IN IRELAND. 



Black Redstart {Ruticilla titys). 

 One was shot near Mountrath, Queen's co., on November 

 4th, 1908. 



