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Few streams in Co. Mayo are without the Dipper ; and it seems as much 

 at home on the edges of Loughs Mask and Carra as on the streams. 

 Barrington found its nest on the north coast of the county, close to a cliff, 

 in a ravine about 500 feet above the sea. It is resident in Achill, and 

 breeds on the River Moy before the end of March ; this species is 

 probably resident in every county in Ireland. 



Acredula caudata (Linn). Long-tailed Titmouse. — Found in summer and 

 autumn (probably resident) in the wooded districts about Westport, 

 and more rarely at Glendarary, Achill ; resident about Ballina ; believed 

 by Lord Ventry to breed on the Dingle peninsula. 



Though a woodland bird, its wandering habits have led a flock of 

 seven to Inishtrahull (Barrington). 



Parus major, Linn. Great Titmouse. — Not uncommon in the Westport, 

 Belclare, and Louisburgh districts (Foster). Good never found this or the 

 Blue Tit scarce at any season about Westport ; observed about Glendarary, 

 Achill (A. Williams) ; not elsewhere on islands. 



Parus ater, Linn, (or its Irish form). Coal Titmouse. — Resident about 

 Westport, and found at Glendarary; once obtained at Dugort, north 

 Achill ; observed by Lord Ventry on Dingle peninsula since plantations 

 have grown up. 



Parus caeruleus, Linn. Blue Titmouse. — Common and resident all about 

 Clew Bay ; has become resident on A chill and the Dingle peninsula ; 

 though once identified on the Tearaght, it does not, as a rule, visit remote 

 islands. 



We have no evidence of any Tits on Clare Island. 



Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. Wren. — Common resident on Clare Island, 

 where on 27th September Patten noted: "shrubs abounded with 

 Wrens " ; and on 30th December, " Wrens very numerous " ; nests found 

 inside turf roof and under overhanging bank of stream. Resident on 

 Achill, and common on mainland of Mayo ; is found on the mountains 

 among stones and heather, and on bare, rocky promontories, being at 

 home both in sylvan scenery and on the most stupendous sea-cliifs and 

 storm-swept islands. An increase in the number of Wrens has been 

 reported there to Barrington, in winter, when notices of them from Black 

 Bock (Mayo), Slyne Head, and the Aran Isles are more frequent, and 

 Wrens probably resort to such islands regularly at that season. The same 

 remarks apply to headlands and isles of Kerry ; on the Little Skellig, 

 Turle found twenty to thirty nests in rock-crevices, and on the Blaskets 

 a nest, not domed, at the extremity of a Puffin's burrow. 



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