226 The Zoologist— May, 1866. 



I do not know of its breeding in the city, though it may do so in a 

 few cases, whereas in favoured England it is a common city bird. 

 Three old elms at Ballybrook induce a few pairs to breed there. 

 Great numbers arrive in November and December, and leave again 

 towards the end of March, In June, 1864, very large flocks passed 

 over this couoty from the east (see my note, Zool. 9211). 



Rosecoloured Pastor. — Has, in a few instances, occurred in the 

 summer months. 



Chough. — A common Irish bird and resident, though of late years 

 rather scarce in the County Dublin. 



Raven. — I never met with the raven breeding in this county, though 

 every winter I see a few. 



Carrion Crow. — Said to have been seen in this county. I have 

 seen solitary birds like rooks flying from the mainland to Howth, a 

 distance of five miles across the water ; these were not gray crows, 

 and may have been the real Corvus corone. Any so-called Irish ex- 

 amples I have seen were young rooks, that bird retaining the feathers 

 on the bill from April till April — a year. If to be found at all in 

 Ireland is very rare. 



Hooded Crow. — Resident. Far more numerous some winters than 

 others. 



Jay. — Very occasional. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker. — Thompson mentions one shot on the 

 banks of the canal near the city in 1831 : another was with it. 



Hoopoe. — Very rare. 



Cuckoo. — Arrives at the end of April. The young are seen later 

 than the adults, and remain till the middle of October : the old bird is 

 rarely seen after the beginning of July. 



Kingifisher. — Resident in small numbers. To be met with in threes 

 or fours along the rocky coast during winter, but not in spring. A 

 pair or two annually wintered at Dalkey, till, in 1864, they were either 

 killed or scared from the shore, for every gun and pistol in the 

 neighbourhood banged and popped at them that winter. 



Swallow. — Summer visitor from the end of April till the end of 

 October. May be seen sometimes in November and December. 



House Martin. — Suinmer visitor from the end of April till the 

 middle of October. Seen in November. 



Sand Martin. — Summer visitor from first week in April till 

 beginning of October. 



Purple Martin. — Once obtained in Ireland, and that at Kingstown. 



