Clare Island Surrey — Ave-?. 20 37 



were nesting, in June. Ussher has seen many breeding on the Mullet, 

 .. . .where "Wallace notices the great increase in September. This bird breeds 

 in many parts of -Mayo and Donegal. The numbers are largely increased 

 . .. in winter. 



Tringa striata, Linn. Purple Sandpiper. — Barrington shot one on Clare 

 Island, 31st March, 1911 ; and McCabe says it is often seen there in 

 winter. This is a common winter visitor to A chill and the Mayo coast. 

 Some remain until late in May,- as Warren has found on Killala Bay, 

 and Witherby observed a pair in full breeding-plumage on Inishturk 

 on 28th May, 1895. ' There are many other May records from Irish 

 coasts.- . 



Tringa canutus, Linn. Knot. — Winter visitor to Achill, and is reported from 



Clare Island. Wallace says small flocks arrive on the Mullet in August 



or September. Warren found it very abundant on Killala Bay, sometimes 



- remaining there all the summer. Barrington got specimens from Slyne 



Head. 



Calidris arenaria (Linn.). Sanderling. — Winter and spring visitor to 



Achill, Inishkea, Mullet, and Killala Bay, remaining in nocks until June 



' (Ussher), and observed on Achill, Inishkea, and West Mayo coast in 



August (Williams, Ussher); some few are seen in July (Wallace), 



remaining, like Turnstones, through the summer. 



Machetes pugnax (Linn.). Buff. — Has been obtained on Achill, near Ballycloy, 

 and on the Mullet and elsewhere in Mayo, each time in September 

 (Williams & Sons). 



Totanus hypoleucus (Linn.). Common Sand-piper. — A few breed on Clare 

 Island, Achill, and the Mullet ; many throughout Mayo round lakes and 

 on the margins of bogs; in Connemara nearly every lake seems to be 

 frequented by a pair (Leybourne Popham), also the rivers and some of 

 the islands, e.g., Inishbofin, Deer Island; so also the bog-lakes in Donegal 

 and the marine island Boaninish, from which eggs were received. 

 Barrington has got specimens in May from Aranmore, Donegal, and 

 . Aran Island North, Galway, and in November from the Bull Bock. 



Totanus ochropus (Linn.). Green Sandpiper. — Ussher sent to Dublin 

 Museum one shot near Belmullet, 29th August, 1901 ; others have been 

 obtained near Ballina ( Warren) and Killybegs, but the species is rare on 

 the west coast. 



1 Irish Nat., 1896, p. 5. 



