278 



FRINGILLIDjE. 



is recorded either in my notes or otherwise, as occurring at the 

 following times and places : — 



Year. 





Month or 

 Season. 



Locality. 



Observations. 



i 1828 





December. 



County of Wicklow. "] 





» 



26 



Winter. 



Belfast, co. Antrim. V 

 Co.Tyrone or Armagh J 



Winter 1828-29, not numerous. 



1829-30 





January. 



Belfast. ■> 

 County of Wicklow. * 



Winter 1829-30, ditto. 



183l" 







Co. Waterford. 



Said to be very destructive to or- 

 chards near the city. 



1833 





July. 



Belfast. 



Several in red plumage obtained. 



1835 



22 



December. 



Crumlin, co. Antrim."] 

 Lurgan, co. Armagh. 1 



Winter of 1835-36. 



1836 



"l 



February. 



Tandragee. „ ( 

 Belfast. J 





" 





Summer. 



Tollymore Park, Down. 



A pair bred, and frequently seen 

 with their three young by the 

 gamekeeper. 



1837 





End June. 



Dargle, co. Wicklow. 



Many seen ; two which were shot 

 came under my notice. 



1837-38 





Winter. 



West of Ireland. 









Oct.-Mar. 



Co. Dublin. 



Numbers seen, and some obtained. 







Dec. 



Portglenone, co. Antr. 



Flocks seen, „ „ 





18 



January. 

 Jan. & Feb. 



Ballibrado, co. Tipper. 



Hillsborough Park, 

 Finnebrogue and 

 Tollymore Park, well 

 wooded demesnes in 

 the co. Down. 



ditto. ditto. 







February. 



Co. Carlow & Kildare._ 



Numbers killed. 



1838 





Spring. 



Portarlington, Queen's 

 county. 



Several shot here. About Mount- 

 mellick (same co.) abundant a few 

 years ago (1831?); very destruc- 

 tive to apples. 



1838 









Said to have bred at Delgany, and 

 the Vale of Avoca (co. Wicklow) 

 and in the county of Meath, but 

 no particulars furnished. 



1839 



20 



January. 



Antrim. 



In this or the following winter ob- 

 tained in Hillsborough Park, 

 Down. 



1841 





Late in au- 

 tumn. 



Co. Wexford. 



Flocks seen and some killed. 



1842 





Autumn. 





ditto. 



1845 



4 



March. 



Between Killough anc 

 Dundrum, co. Down. 



ditto. 



1846 





Feb. & Mai-. 



Tollymore Park, Down 



ditto. 



