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probably in other counties, but the large numbers observed in 1888-90 

 have diminished. 



Sturnus vulgaris, L., Starling. — Breeds in every county in. 

 Ireland, and is increasing as a breeding species, having bred of late 

 in districts where it formerly was only a winter visitant, as near 

 Killybegs in Donegal, and in "^'est "W^aterford, where it is still very 

 scarce in summer. 



Pyrrhocorax graculus (L.), Chough. — Breeds in limited numbers 

 round the rocky coasts, and sometimes in the mountains of Donegal, 

 Antrim, Down, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway, and Mayo, 

 more numerously along the west coast, where it replaces the Jackdaw 

 in certain parts. It is not now to be found in some places where it 

 formerly bred, as in the mountains of Fermanagh, Leitrim, and 

 Waterford, and the coasts of Dublin, "Wexford, and Sligo. 



Corvus corax, L., Raven, — Breeds sparingly in the mountains or 

 sea-cliffs of Donegal, Antrim, Down, Wicklow, Tipperary, Waterford, 

 Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway, and Mayo. It has been exterminated in 

 other counties, and has everywhere become more rare. 



Corvus corone, L., Carrion Crow. — Seems to have disappeared 

 from Antrim. Thompson, on the authority of an English game-keeper, 

 quoted an instance of a Carrion Crow which associated for weeks, in 

 the breeding season, with a Hooded Crow, at Glenarm, county Antrim- 

 A similar case occurred near Hostrevor, where young were reared. 

 "We have only vague reports of it from Queen's County, Cork, and 

 Mayo, mated with Hooded. 



Corvus cornix, L., Hooded Crow. — Breeds in every Irish county, 

 nesting in trees and on the sea-clifPs, being common in most parts, 

 but in some, as in Sligo, reduced by gamekeepers. 



Corvus frugilegus, L., Eook. — Breeds numerously in every 

 county in Ireland, but not in some of the extreme western districts, 

 where it is a winter visitor, 



Corvus monedula, L., Jackdaw. — Breeds commonly in every 

 county in Ireland, but in the west does not seem to inhabit the sea- 

 cliffs, as it does in the Co. "Waterford. 



Pica rustica (Scopoli), Magpie. — Breeds commonly in every 

 county in Ireland, placing its nest in cliffs covered with ivy in the 

 Aran Islands for want of trees. 



Garrulus glandarius (L.), Jay. — Breeds in King's County, Queen's 

 County, Carlow, Kilkenny, "Wexford, Tipperary, and the northern 

 part of Waterford, being chiefly confined to the valleys of the Suir, 

 the Barrow, and the ISTore, which unite in "Waterford Harbour, and 

 is local even there. It has disappeared from Antrim and Cork. 



