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Order GEALLATORES. 



Kentish Plover, vol. ii. p. 104. 



Mr. R. Ball informs me that one of these birds, preserved in Trinity 

 College Museum, was shot at Baldoyle (county Dublin), on the 8th of 

 August, 1848, by Dr. Apjohn. 



Green Sandpiper, vol. ii. p. 208. 



BuhUn, Becemher 1849. Mr. Watters purchased here a fresh specimen 

 on November 10, 1846, and another on August 18, 1847 ; the latter 

 was killed at the North Bull, Dublin Bay : between those dates he saw- 

 three other fresh bii'ds on sale. January \Wi and IWi, 1850. He 

 mentions that at the former date one was killed in the county of Kildare, 

 and on the latter, one was brought to him by a hawker of Avild-fowl, 

 who did not know where it had been killed. 



Long-legged Plover, vol. ii? p. 321. 



The following additional note on this species was kindly sent to me 

 in August 1850, by Mr. R. D. Fitzgerald, jun., of Tralee, but the date 

 of the occurrence could not be ascertained. — " The account which a 

 friend of mine gave me of the black-winged stilt, one of which he 

 shot in Castlemaine Bay, may interest you. When he first observed 

 a small flock settled on the oozy bank of the river, their appearance 

 was very strange, for they seemed to be supported altogether without 

 the aid of legs ; on a nearer approach he remarked that they swayed 

 from one side to the othei*, not with the jerking motion of the red- 

 shank, but as though to steady themselves, and as if their limbs 

 could scarcely support them. Upon shooting one, lie was so anxious 

 to secure it, that he neglected to watch what became of the rest. If 

 he had done so, he would, he is sure, have killed more, as they were 

 very tame, and flew up the river ; he searched for, but was unable to 

 find them again." The bird was so much injured as not to be worth 

 setting up as a specimen. 



Woodcock, vol. ii. p. 248, 



Is mentioned as breeding in Gurtccn Wood, county Tipperary, in 

 1841. In June 1850, I learned that some pairs had bred there 



