288 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Blackbird, Turdus merula.—Very common, and more numerous 
than the Thrush, which it outnumbers in about the same proportions 
as the Thrush did the Blackbird in that part of the South of Ireland 
where I formerly resided—z.e. at Castle Warren, Co. Cork. 
Ring Ouzel, Turdus torquatus.—A summer visitor to suitable 
localities in the mountain district. I have seen it near Lough Talt, 
in the Ox Mountains, County Sligo. 
Redwing, Turdus iliacus.—A regular winter visitant. 
Hedgesparrow, Accentor modularis.—Common. 
Redbreast, Erythaca rubecula.—Common. 
Stonechat, Sazicola rubicola.x—Common and resident. 
Whinchat, Sazicola rubetra.—A summer visitor in very limited 
numbers to particular localities, and as it seldom leaves its favourite 
feeding-grounds, is but seldom noticed by the casual observer. 
I never met with it on the Sligo side of the Moy, but on the 
Mayo side it is to be found every summer haunting some waste 
fields near a scrubby hazel covert about a mile from the town of 
Killala. 
Wheatear, Sazxicola enanthe.—A regular summer visitant, very 
commonly distributed throughout the district. 
Sedge Warbler, Salicaria phragmitis.—A regular summer 
visitant. 
Whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea.— A regular summer visitant, 
generally appearing in this neighbourhood some time in May, 
from three weeks to a month later than the Willow Wren. 
Willow Wren, Phylloscopus trochilus.— A regular summer 
visitant arriving in April, and, except the Wheatear, the most 
numerous of all our summer birds. 
Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus rufa.—Rare in this district, its haunts 
being restricted to a few old timbered demesnes. A straggler occa- 
sionally remains here in the Moyview trees for a day or two, but then 
passes on to the finely-wooded demesne of Belleek Manor, the seat 
of Sir Charles Knox Gore, situated three miles further up the river. 
It appears strange that none of these little birds remain here during 
the summer, for the timber is at least sixty years old, and covers 
about forty acres. In the South of Ireland I have known this bird 
to frequent much smaller patches of wood, and of younger growth, 
but in the neighbourhood of very old elms; so that probably aged 
trees are their favourite feeding-grounds, which they like to return. 
to after an occasional forage amongst younger trees. 
