2284 The Zoologist — September, 1870. 



Chiffchaff. — First heard in Wicklow, April 2nd. 



Swallow. — First seen in Wicklow, April 9tli. 



Sand Martin. — First seen in Wicklow, April 10th. 



Willow Wren. — First heard in Wicklow, April 11th. 



Sedge Warbler. — First heard in Wicklow, April 24th. 



Common Stvifl. — First seen in Wicklow, April 29th. 



Corncrake. — First heard at Killarney, May 1st. 



Bean Goose. — A flock of about fifty of these birds winter every year 

 on Lough Broad. They allow the train to pass within seventy yards 

 of them without even looking up. I did not see them after the 9lh of 

 April. 



Shoveler. — Saw a pair, male and female, on the lower lake at 

 Killarney on the 21st of May. 



Garganey Teal. — To my great delight I detected a pair of these 

 rare visitors to Ireland on Lough Broad, County Wicklow. I watched 

 them closely for three days before I succeeded in getting the drake, 

 but very stupidly missed the duck. They were in company with a 

 small flock of common leal, but never seemed to be thoroughly at 

 home with them, always keeping a little apart, and when put up 

 separated at once.. Their note was a low croak. The drake was a 

 beautiful bird in full adult plumage : he weighed 1 lb. 3 oz. Length 

 fifteen inches and a half. 



Tufted Duck. — Shot a drake at Killarney on the 4lh of May : he had 

 been wounded iu one wing during the winter, which would account 

 for his late appearance. Weight I lb. 10 oz. 



Heron. — A ievi breed in the cliffs, iu company with shags and 

 herring gulls, in one or tw^ places to the west of Dingle. The young 

 birds were fully fledged, and standing up on their nests on the 3rd of 

 June. 



Great Northern Diver. — I shot a pair of these magnificent birds in 

 full adult plumage, on the 5th of May, on the lower lake at Killarney. 

 Although it is well known that these birds sometimes remain very late 

 in this country, before leaving for breeding, it is remarkable this pair 

 being on fresh water at this time of the year. Mr. Ward, of Wigmore 

 Street, by whom they were examined, informs me that the eggs in the 

 female were much developed. They weighed respectively twelve 

 pounds and a half and ten pounds and a half. I afterwards saw three 

 more in Ventry Bay on the 11th of June. 



Cormorant. — Very common round the coast. 



Shag. — As common as the above species. They breed in colonies, 



