414 BRITISH BIRDS. 



This list comprises details of fifteen birds preserved, a six- 

 teenth caught and escaped, and four or more others seen 

 between 1903 and 1907. The Greenland Falcon seems to 

 visit Ireland more frequently in March and April than any 

 other months. 



Iceland Falcon (Vol. I., p. 321). — Ireland. — The examples 

 recorded were seen and both obtained in the early part of 

 1905 (see R. J. Ussher, List of I. Birds, p. 29). 



Hobby (Vol. I., p. 321). — Found breeding in June, 1894, 

 near Goyts Bridge, on the Derbyshire side of the River Goyt 

 (Coward and Oldham, B. of Cheshire, p. 255). Ireland. — The 

 tenth example from Ireland was picked up under a telephone 

 wire at Loftus Hall, Fethard, co. Wexford, on April 16th, 

 1899 (R. M. Barrington, Mig. B. Irish Lt. Stations, p. S). The 

 eleventh included in Mr. Ussher' s " List of Irish Birds" rests 

 upon insufficient evidence (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



OsPREY (S. ]3. 359). — We did not mention the visits of this 

 species to Great Britain owing to their regularity, but the 

 following records from Ireland may be noted : — One, co. Sligo, 

 May 3rd, 1901; ^ juv., co. Kerry, September 30th, 1903; 

 ^ ad., CO. Louth, end of April, 1907 ; S juv. and one juv., co. 

 Sligo, October 15th and 29th, 1907 (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 

 The two last have already been referred to (c/. Vol. L, p. 327), 

 but the month was wrongly given as November. 



Night-Heron (Vol. I., p. 348). — Ireland. — An adult female 

 was obtained at Ardee, co. Louth, on May 10th, 1900 (R. J. 

 Ussher, fide Williams and Sons, in litt.). An immature bird taken 

 on the Dodder, co. Dubhn, on March 31st, 1904, is in the 

 National Museum, Dubhn {id.). At the Belfast Nat. Field 

 Club meeting on October 25th, 1907, Mr. S. M. Stears 

 exhibited a specimen of this bird {Irish Nat., 1908, p. 65). 

 Twenty-four records since 1834 (R. J. Ussher, List of I. 

 Birds, p. 31). 



Little Bittern (Vol. I., p. 349). — An adult male shot at 

 Claverley, near Bridgnorth, in September, 1897, is the fifth 

 record for Shropshire (H. E. Forrest, in litt.). Irelaiid. — 

 About thirty have been obtained (R.* J. Ussher, List of I. 

 Birds, p. 31). 



American Bittern (Vol. L, p. 349). — Ireland. — The four 

 obtained since the pubHcation of the " Birds of Ireland " 

 (c/. antea. Vol. II., p. 276) are as follows : — Tralee, co. Kerry, 

 November 2nd, 1901 ; Carlow, January, 1902 ; Moorstown, 

 CO. Tipperary, November 30th, 1904 ; near CoUigan, co. 

 Waterford, December 24th, 1904 (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



