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disappeared by the end of April; two or three stragglers sometimes 
remain a few days later. A pair stayed through nearly the whole 
of May, 1878. I shot them on the 25th; they were male and 
female, and still had the light breast. The eggs in the female 
were about the size of B shot. This is about the latest date at 
which I have met with them. 
RepsHank.—Common, but not so numerous as it used to be 
some six or seven years back. It is most frequent late in autumn 
and in winter, I have never found it breeding in either county, 
though I once saw a pair at the end of April near the source of 
the Vartry River. 
GREENSHANK.—A regular autumn visitor to some parts of the 
coast, though in some seasous in much smaller numbers than 
others. In 1874 there was hardly one to be found, whereas in 
1877 there were considerable flocks. I saw one flock of from 
thirty to forty at the end of October, that year. I have met with 
them nearly everywhere along the shore; but they are always 
most numerous at the inlet about half a mile north of Donabate. 
An odd one sometimes stays through the winter, and I have once 
or twice seen or heard one during the vernal migration. 
Common Sanpprper.—A regular summer visitor, and a pair or 
two may be met with quite close to Dublin, on the Liffey or 
Dodder. I have seen it along most of the streams, and have found 
the nest occasionally. 
Dun1in.— Common from the end of August till the beginning 
of May, remaining till the breeding plumage is almost assumed. 
CurLEwW Sanppieer.—I have only met with this bird once in 
this district. ‘lowards dusk on the 19th September, 1874, while 
walking along the sand outside the Bull, I saw a pair running 
in the direction of the bent, in which they crouched. One of 
these I captured with my hat; the other escaped. I never again 
saw any in this neighbourhood, though I often watched for them. 
PurrLe SANnDpPIpER.—A very scarce bird on the Dublin and 
Wicklow coasts, though a few pass every year. In October, 1876, 
I saw four or five about Ireland’s Kye. On another occasion 
I saw a pair on the shore some miles north of Malahide. This 
bird frequents particular kinds of rock which are not found on 
the coast here, viz:, trap and basalt. 
Knor.—Abundant all along the coast. When just arrived in 
August it is so tame as almost to allow one to catch it. I have 
