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THE BIRDS OF DUBLIN AND WICKLOW. 
By. H. Iu, Gox,, M.B. 
In the following notes I do not propose to give a full list of 
all the birds that have been met with in the counties of, Dublin 
and Wicklow; but merely to collect, in a readable form, a, few 
rough notes relating to those which I have observed myself 
during the last seven or eight years. These I hope may prove of 
use and interest to other ornithologists.* 
Prernertne’ Fatcon.—I once saw one on the east, side of 
Treland’s Eye. It allowed me to get within seventy yards before 
it flew. ‘This was in September, 1877. 
Meriin.—Seen two or three times at Lough Dan, at, Howth, 
and on the Sugar-loaf. I have never found it breeding, though 
T saw it at Lough Dan in April and May, 1875. 
Krstrrey.—Numerous in both counties in suitable localities. 
A pair breed at Lough Dan almost every year. They used to 
nest on Bray Head; but I think they have been frightened away. 
They may be seen about Howth and Ireland’s Hye during the 
spring. 
SparrowHawxk.—By far the commonest hawk in Dublin and 
Wicklow. Ihave often seen it in the streets of Dublin during 
the winter. 
Common Buzzarp.— 1 saw one in April, 1875, between 
Annamoe and Lara; it was hovering about a hare piece, of 
mountain, about a mile up the river from the latter village. 
Barn Ownu.—Generally distributed. 
Lone-rarED Owx.—Found in all suitable localities. I have 
seen it near Blanchestown, and shot one on the canal between that 
place and Dublin, at No. 8 Lock. I have also met with it in 
Wicklow, near Roundwood and at Kinniskerry. 
Suort-EARED Owu.—Occurs chiefly in autumn and the early 
part of winter. I have seen three, at different times, on the sand- 
hills at the North Bull. I shot one there on December 6th, 1872. 
T met with another on the South Bull in November, 1877, during 
a stiff breeze. 
* In ‘The Zoologist’ for 1866 (pp. 93, 295, 479) will be found some “ Ornitho- 
logical Notes from the County Dublin,” by Mr. Blake-Knox; and at pp. 220, 300, of 
the same volume, an account of “The Migratory and Wandering Birds of the 
County Dublin,” by the same pen.—Eb. 
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