16 



COLUMBIDjE. 



Year. 



Month or 

 Season. 



No. 



Locality. 



Observations. 







1 



Dunfanaghy, Donegal. 









2 or 3 



Youghal, Cork. 



At various times obtained. 







1 



Shot at Castlefreke. 



Has been frequently observed 

 in two localities near Carri- 

 galine. " Fauna of Cork," 

 (1843.) 



1830 



Spring. 





Ballibrado, near Cahir, 

 Tipperary. 



Several remained for a few 

 weeks, and one was shot. 



1831 



" 





» 



A few appeared in the same 

 fields as last year. 



1834 





1 



Carton, Kildare. 



Said, for two or three successive 

 summers of late years, to have 

 visited Simpson's nursery 

 grounds, near Dublin. 





Aug. 



1 



Dunmore, Waterford. 





" 



Sep. 20. 



1 

 1 



Tralee, Kerry. 

 Co. Wexford. 



Its crop was filled with wheat. 



1835-36 



Summer. 





Malahide, Dubhn. 



Some were shot in a district in 

 which one was observed two 

 or three years previously feed- 

 ing in a field of vetches, but 

 was too wary to admit of the 

 approach of my informant 

 within gunshot. 



1836 



" 



1 



1 



Lord Roden's demesne, 

 Dundalk, Louth. 

 Woodstown, Waterford. 





1837 



June. 



1 



1 



Donnybrook, Dublin. 





n 



Autumn. 



1 



Montalto, Down. 







Oct., (1st 



1 





Seen at road-side between Auch- 





week.) 







nacloy and Armagh. 



1841? 



Autumn. 



1 



Tollymore Park, Down. 



Killed by a stone when perched 

 on a stook of wheat. 



1842 



Summer. 







I have been credibly informed 

 that a pair bred in a planta- 

 tion near Downpatrick, where 

 they remained until a late 

 period, one of them having 

 been killed on the 12th of 

 November. 



1845 



July (end of) 



1 



Bantry, Cork. 







Oct.(latein) 



1 



Downpatrick, Down. 





1847-48 



July. 







Dbserved in turnip-fields at 

 Castle Warren, near Carriga- 

 line, Cork. 



1848 



Summer. 



1 



Bray, Wicklow. 



Seen for several days. 



