2700 The Zoologist — August, 1871. 



Starling. — Common. Large flocks feed in company with jack- 

 daws during winter. 



Chough. — A few pairs frequent the sea-cliflfs. 



Raven. — Not very plentiful here. 



Jackdaw. — Very common. Great numbers breed in the sea-. 



cliflfs. 



Crow. — Occasionally seen in summer. 



Hooded Crow. — A few breed in the sea-cliffs. 



Rook.—Mo%\. plentiful. Not well liked for their depredations 

 among the potatoes : they have been occasionally detected sucking 



eggs. 



Magpie. — Very plentiful. Breed near every farm-house where 



there is a suitable bush. 



Creeper. — Common. 



Wren. — Common. 



Cuckoo. — Annually migratory. Heard here first from the aOth 

 to the 24th of April. 



Kinyjisher. —"i^oi common. 



Swallow.—kwnwdWy migratory. Seen here first about the 10th 

 to the 15lh of April. 



Martin. — Annually migratory. Seen here first about the 17th 



of April. 



Sand il/flr/iw.— Annually migratory. Seen here first about the 



end of March. 



Swift. — Annually migratory. Seen about the first week in May. 



Niqhijar. — Not noticed here until May, 1867, when a pair was 

 obtained in Gleiiarm Park. 



Rock Dove. — Permanent; breed in the sea-cliffs. 



Ring Dove. — Plentiful through the woods. 



Turtle Dove.— Occasionally obtained here. 



P/tert.9aH/.— Common. 



Red Grouse. — Common through the mountains. 



Partridge.— R'ii\^^^ scarce. 



Quail. Formerly very common, but has now become scarce ; 



last shot here on the 19lh of December, 1855. 



Golden Plover. — Plentiful through the mountains. 



Ringed Plover. — Common in small flocks along the shore. 



Xf/i)?t'<"<7-— Plentiful in boggy situations. April 4. Several 



nests with eggs. 



jyg,.o„._pieniiful, frequenting the river and shore. 



