﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NARIN 
  DISTRICT, 
  CO. 
  DONEGAL. 
  875 
  

  

  numbers 
  of 
  Common 
  Guillemots 
  (Uria 
  troile), 
  Razorbills 
  (Alca 
  

   torda), 
  and 
  Puffins 
  (Fratercula 
  arctica) 
  ; 
  whilst 
  a 
  few 
  Black 
  

   Guillemots 
  (Uria 
  <iri/Ur) 
  flew 
  past 
  the 
  " 
  Ellas 
  " 
  rocks, 
  on 
  which 
  

   I 
  noticed 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  Shags 
  (Phalacrocorax 
  graculus) 
  and 
  

   Herring-Gulls 
  (Larus 
  argentatus) 
  sitting. 
  The 
  only 
  other 
  birds 
  

   noticed 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  was 
  a 
  solitary 
  Wheatear 
  (Saxicola 
  

   cenanthe), 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  Rock-Pipits 
  (Anthus 
  obscurus). 
  

  

  The 
  fresh-water 
  loughs 
  near 
  Narin 
  are 
  the 
  breeding-places 
  of 
  

   large 
  numbers 
  of 
  Common 
  Gulls 
  (Larus 
  canus), 
  notably 
  at 
  Lough 
  

   Birroge, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  colony 
  on 
  a 
  rocky 
  island, 
  and 
  at 
  

   Lough 
  Poon, 
  where 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  large 
  number. 
  At 
  the 
  begin- 
  

   ning 
  of 
  August 
  the 
  parent 
  birds 
  were 
  still 
  haunting 
  this 
  lough, 
  

   and 
  I 
  saw 
  several 
  young 
  birds 
  on 
  the 
  man} 
  7 
  small 
  islands 
  still 
  

   unable 
  to 
  fly. 
  

  

  At 
  Kiltooris 
  Lough 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  colony 
  of 
  Common 
  

   Terns 
  (Sterna 
  fluviatilis) 
  nesting 
  on 
  two 
  small 
  low 
  islands. 
  On 
  

   July 
  25th, 
  when 
  I 
  first 
  visited 
  the 
  lough, 
  eggs 
  and 
  young 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  all 
  stages, 
  the 
  former 
  from 
  fresh 
  eggs 
  to 
  those 
  just 
  

   chipped 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  bird 
  emerging, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  from 
  young 
  

   just 
  hatched 
  to 
  those 
  almost 
  able 
  to 
  fly. 
  I 
  placed 
  a 
  downy 
  

   young 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  found 
  it 
  was 
  quite 
  at 
  home, 
  striking 
  

   out 
  boldly 
  and 
  swimming. 
  The 
  parent 
  birds 
  kept 
  flying 
  back- 
  

   wards 
  and 
  forwards 
  from 
  the 
  sea 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  away, 
  bringing 
  

   fry 
  in 
  their 
  bills 
  ; 
  these 
  were 
  lying 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  place 
  in 
  small 
  

   heaps, 
  having 
  been 
  disgorged 
  before 
  being 
  given 
  to 
  their 
  young 
  

   for 
  food. 
  

  

  The 
  stench 
  on 
  these 
  islands 
  was 
  very 
  disagreeable, 
  caused 
  by 
  

   the 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  fry 
  and 
  rotting 
  eggs 
  lying 
  about, 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  islands 
  having 
  been 
  submerged 
  by 
  water, 
  and 
  flooding 
  a 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  nests. 
  

  

  Coots 
  (Fulica 
  atra) 
  and 
  Little 
  Grebes 
  (Podicipes 
  fluviatilis) 
  

   were 
  also 
  plentiful 
  on 
  this 
  lough 
  ; 
  they 
  frequented 
  the 
  south 
  

   end, 
  the 
  only 
  part 
  where 
  reeds 
  were 
  growing. 
  I 
  saw 
  several 
  

   very 
  large 
  nests 
  of 
  the 
  former. 
  A 
  Mallard 
  (Anas 
  boscas) 
  fre- 
  

   quented 
  this 
  lough 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  daily 
  rising 
  from 
  the 
  reeds, 
  and 
  

   flying 
  over 
  our 
  heads 
  as 
  we 
  were 
  Trout-fishing. 
  All 
  the 
  loughs 
  

   in 
  this 
  district 
  contain 
  Brown 
  Trout 
  of 
  enormous 
  size, 
  according 
  

   to 
  the 
  natives, 
  but 
  the 
  angler 
  may 
  consider 
  himself 
  lucky 
  if 
  he 
  

   gets 
  his 
  basket 
  filled 
  with 
  fish 
  averaging 
  one 
  pound. 
  All 
  the 
  

  

  