408 Irish Vertebrate Animals. 



A v nas (Linn.) Boschas Linn. Common. 



Crecca Linn. Common. 

 Mareca (Steph.) Penelope Selb. Common. 

 Oidemia (Flem.) nigra Flem. An occasional visitant. In the Dublin 



Museum, there is a specimen from Waterford. 

 Fuligula Ray. 



ferina Stcph. Occasionally. 



mania Steph. Common. 



cristata Steph. Not uncommon. 

 Clangula (Flem.) chrysophthalmus Step//. Not uncommon, 

 Mergus Linn. 



Merganser Linn. Common. 



Serrator Linn. Not rare. 

 Podiceps Lath. 



rubricollis Lath. A specimen caught in the spring of 1797 at Bears- 

 bridge, county Down. 



auritus Lath. Not very common. 



minor Lath. Common. 

 Colymbus (Linn.) glacialis Linn. Not uncommon. 

 UVia Briss. 



Troile Lath. Common in Belfast Lough. 



Grylle Lath. Common, 

 ratercula (Briss.) arctica Steph. Not uncommon. 

 F/lca (Linn.) Torda Linn. Common. 

 A alacrocorax (Briss.) Carbo Stejjh. Common. 

 Pha (Briss.) Bassana Briss. Common. 

 Sul na Linn. 

 SterDougallii Mont. A specimen shot in Belfast Lough. 



Hirundo Linn. Common. 



minuta Linn. Several years ago, I observed a single pair in Belfast 

 Lough, in a tour round the shores, at Lecale, on the 5th and Cth 

 of June, 1810. They appeared on the shore as common as S. 

 hirundo ; their note sharper and more tremulous than that of the 

 latter. 

 Larus Linn. 



Sabini * Sab., sub nomine " minutus " in Temp. MSS. 



ridibundus Linn. Common. 



tridactylus Lath. Common. 



canus Linn. Common. 



argentatus Brunn. Common. 



fuscus Linn. Not so common as the preceding. 



marinus Linn. Occasionally. 

 Lestris (Illig.) parasiticus Temm. Occasionally. 

 Procellaria (Linn.) pelagica Linn. Common. 



REPTPXIA. 



SAU'RIA. 



Lacerta (Cuv.) agilis Flem. Common. 



BATRACHIA. 



Rana (Laurent) temporaria Linn. Common. 

 Triton Laurent. 



palustris Flem. Common. 



aquaticus Flem. Common. 



vulgaris Flem. Not uncommon. 



# See Mr. Thompson in Lond. and Edin. Phil. Mag., vol. v. p. 299. 



