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XXI. 



REPORT ON THE BREEDII^G-RANGE OF BIRDS IN 

 IRELAND. By R. J. USSHER. 



[kevised and amendet) bt a. g. more.] 

 [Read May 28, 1894.] 



Aquila chrysaetus (L.), Golden Eagle. — Its chief breeding- 

 places now are a few spots in Western Mayo. It breeds still more 

 sparingly in Western Donegal, and probably in Western Gal way and 

 Kerry. Has ceased to breed, as formerly, in Antrim, Tyrone, Down, 

 Tipperary, Waterford, Leitrim, and Sligo, but visits the mountainous 

 parts of these counties occasionally. 



Halisetus albicilla (L.), White-tailed Eagle. — A pair has bred 

 recently on the coast of Mayo, and another pair on the coast of 

 Kerry. Has been destroyed or driven from its former breeding- 

 haunts in Donegal, Antrim, Dublin, Wicklow, Cork, Clare, and 

 Gal way. 



Falco peregrinus, Tunstal, Peregrine Ealcon. — Breeds in nu- 

 merous places all round the rocky coasts of Ireland, and in the 

 mountain- cliffs of Tyrone, Fermanagh, Wicklow, Tipperary, Water- 

 ford, andGalway. 



Falco sBsalon, Tunstal, Merlin. — Breeds sparingly, in about 

 twenty -two counties in mountain districts, and also in some parts 

 of the great red bogs of the central plain. 



Falco tinnunculus, L., Kestrel. — The commonest of our birds of 

 prey, breeding both in inland wooded districts, and in the cliifs of the 

 coasts and mountains. 



Accipiter nisus (L,), Sparrow Hawk. — Breeds commonly wher- 

 ever there are any trees. 



Buteo vulgaris, Leach, Common Buzzard. — Recorded by Thompson 

 as formerly resident in Donegal, Londonderry, Antrim, and Down ; 

 now seems to have been nearly exterminated. In July, 1883, Mr. 

 H. C. Hart saw five at the same time on the Mourne Mountains, and 

 others in Donegal and Londonderry. 



Circus seruginosus, (L.), Marsh Harrier. — Breeds sparingly in 



E.I.A, PEOC, SEE. III., VOL. ni. 2E 



