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Lagopus scoticus (Latham), Red Grouse. — Eecorded to breed in 

 every Irish county except Meath. It breeds on the great red bogs of 

 the midland counties as well as on mountains. 



Phasianus colcMcus (L.), Pheasant. — Breeds in every Irish 

 county, but scarcely maintains itself where not preserved. 



Perdix cinerea, Latham, Partridge. — Breeds in every Irish county, 

 though less numerously than in England. 



Coturnix communis, Bonnaterre, Quail. — Recorded to have bred 

 in almost every Irish county within the memory of our informants, 

 but of late years it almost totally disappeared until 1893, when Quails 

 reappeared, and have bred in several parts of Ireland. 



Crex pratensis, Bechstein, Corn Crake. — Breeds commonly in 

 every part of Ireland except the mountains, even breeding in some of 

 the islands, such as Inishbofin. 



Porzana maruetta (Leach), Spotted Crake. — Three eggs of this 

 bird taken, as mentioned by Watters, by Colonel Irwin, in Roscommon, 

 before 1853, have been presented by him to the Science and Art 

 Museum ; and though no other instance of the nest having been taken 

 in Ireland has been recorded, the Spotted Crake probably breeds occa- 

 sionally, for Mr. Barton met with Spotted Crakes in Louth in August. 

 A pair were shot in Queen's County by Mr. T. Trench, in August, 

 1880, and another pair in Fermanagh, by Mr. George Husbands, in 

 summer or early autumn, 1890. Thompson noted a young bird 

 obtained in August by Mr. Chute, in Kerry, which exhibited down. 



Rallus aquaticus, L., AVater Rail. — Stated by our informants to 

 breed in every county in Ireland. 



Gallinula chloropus (L.), Water-hen. — Breeds commonly in every 

 Irish county, and is very generally distributed. 



Fulica atra, L., Coot. — Reported to breed in every county. It 

 is more local than the "Water-hen, but in many of the lakes it breeds 

 in great numbers. 



iEgialitis hiaticula, L., Ringed Plover. — Breeds on sea-beaches 

 all round Ireland, and also on lakes in Armagh, Fermanagh, Cavan, 

 Longford, Westmeath, King's and Queen's Counties, Tipperary 

 Leitrim, and Mayo. 



Charadrius pluvialis, L,, Golden Plover. — Breeds on mountains 

 in Donegal, Antrim, Fermanagh, Cavan, Dublin, Wicklow, Queen's 

 County, Tipperary, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Galway, Mayo, and 

 Sligo. In Connemara it breeds both on mountains and bogs, near 

 the coast, and Mr. H. C. Hart has found it breeding on a vast bog in 

 the centre of northern Mayo. 



