BIRDS OF DUBLIN AND WICKLOW. 485 
imerease in numbers till about February or March, when large 
numbers may be seen. A few breed on Ireland’s: Eye’ and 
Lambay. 
Suac.—Seldom observed along this coast. I shot one at the 
mouth of the Liffey im April, and have seen them in Dublin Bay, 
near Ireland's Hye and Lambay, generally in autumn and winter. 
GanneT.— When crossing in the steamers or yachting, during 
spring, summer and autumn, a few of these birds may be seen 
some miles out to sea. During a long continuance of east winds, 
in April, I shot one while feeding in the Liffey near the Pigeon- 
House Fort. 
Arctic Trrn.—<A regular spring and autumn visitor, in some 
numbers, but almost all pass on north after a stay of three or 
four weeks., ‘This is by far the commonest Tern during spring. 
Common Trrn.—Like the last-named, a spring and autumn 
visitor. Along the Dublin coast, as far as my experience goes, 
this: bird is scaree compared with the Arctic Tern, nor is:it so 
partial to salt water. 
Buack! Trrn,:—In a stiff easterly breeze during the last week 
in April, 1877, one of these birds stayed a couple of days'in the 
Liffey, near the end of the North Wall. 
Lussrr ‘Trern.—A regular spring and summer visitor. I first 
noticed it, in 1875, when on May 19th I saw two birds going before 
a squall; on the 22nd, just a little after daylight, I got a glimpse 
of three, and on the 24th procured one.; A few days later a large 
«number of these birds came in and about the Liffey. I, found 
nivieteen pairs of them breeding in Co. Dublin that year, and took 
a few eggs. I believe they have since been found breeding on the 
Wicklow coast.' Some years only five or six pairs,;come; the 
largest flock I have seen at once was forty-five. 
Noppy Trrn.—I was once lucky enough to ‘see one) ofthese 
birds, but failed ito procure it in consequence of haying putin a 
“eartridge of No. 12) shot fora Sanderling. It was at the mouth 
of the Liffey, about: 7 P. m., May 12th, 1877, perfectly calm—not 
a cloud in the sky, although there had been a stiff 8.H. breeze all 
day. ‘The:bird flew in from the bay, close:past- the boat; I fired 
at it, andat flew on badly wounded and fell somewhere ‘near the 
Battery on the wall above the Lighthouse. |The tide was low at 
othe time, and I suspect it fell among the large stones covered 
with long dark sea-weed, and was probably found by one! of the 
