Irish Vertebrate Animals. 107 



Stre*psilas (Mig.) interpres Leach. An occasional visitant. 



Calidris {Itlig.) arenaria Hlig. Occasional visitant. 



Haematopus {Linn.) ostralegus Linn. Common about the shores. 



Note. — Grus cinerea Beehst. In Smith's History of Cork, it is stated 

 that this bird was seen in the remarkable frost of 1789. 

 A'rdea Linn. 



cinerea Lath. Common. 



Garzetta Linn. There is a specimen in the Dublin Museum, which 



was shot in the harbour of Cork, in 1792. 

 stellaris Linn. Occasionally met with. 

 Platalea {Linn.) Leucorodia Linn. An individual of this species was shot, 



some years since, at Ballydrain Lake, county Antrim. 

 Pbis {Lacep.) Falcinellus Tcmm. Shot in the bog meadows near Belfast, 



Sept. 30. 1819, by Mr. J. Dinnon. 

 Numenius Briss. 



arquata Lath. Common. 

 phae v opus Lath. Common. 

 Totanus Beehst. 



Calidris Beehst. Common, 

 ochropus Tennn. Seen four times at Cranmore. 

 Hypoleucos Tennn. Common summer visitant. 

 Giottis Beehst. An occasional visitant. 

 Limosa Briss. 



rufa Briss. Tolerably common. 

 melanura Leisl. Rare : a winter visitant. 

 Scolopax Linn. 



Rusticola Linn. Common. 

 Sabini Vigors. Rare, 

 major Gmel. A doubtful native. 

 Gallinago Linn. Common. 

 Gallinula Linn. Common. 

 Tringa Briss. 



pugnax Linn. An occasional visitant. One, in the collection of the 



late John Montgomery, was shot at Castledavvson. 

 subarquata Temm. Occasionally seen, 

 variabilis Mey. Common, 

 nigricans Montig. An occasional visitant : a rare specimen in the 



possession of the late John Montgomery, Esq. 

 Canutus Linn. A rare winter visitant. 

 Phalaropus {Briss.) lobatus F/em. A rare winter visitant. 

 Rallus {Linn.) aquaticus Linn. Common. 

 Crex Beehst. 



pratensis Beehst. Common. 



Porzana Selb. A few specimens have been met with. 

 Gallinula {Lath.) chloropus Lath. Common. 

 Fulica {Linn.) atra Linn. Common. 



NATATO v RES. 



A'nser Briss. 



segetum Steph. Shot in the bog meadows near Belfast in the winter 

 of 1801. 



albifrons Steph. In large flocks during our very severe winters. 



leucopsis Beehst. Common. 



torquatus Frisch. Common. 

 Cygnus (Mey.) ferus Ray. Met with occasionally about the Lough. 

 Tadorna {Leach.) Bellonii Steph. Occasionally met with. 

 A v nas Linn. 



clypeata Linn. Occasionally. 



acuta Linn. Occasionally. 



