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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  loughs 
  have 
  stony 
  bottoms 
  and 
  very 
  few 
  weeds, 
  and 
  consequently 
  

   the 
  feeding 
  for 
  fish 
  is 
  poor 
  ; 
  however, 
  the 
  Trout 
  rise 
  well 
  to 
  the 
  

   fly, 
  and 
  give 
  good 
  sport. 
  

  

  At 
  Lough 
  Derryduff 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  heronry, 
  and 
  these 
  fine 
  

   birds 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  loughs, 
  standing 
  

   patiently 
  on 
  the 
  watch 
  for 
  fish, 
  frog, 
  or 
  anything 
  that 
  might 
  

   pass 
  their 
  way. 
  

  

  The 
  Common 
  Bunting 
  (Emberiza 
  miliaria) 
  deserves 
  its 
  title 
  

   here 
  ; 
  it 
  is, 
  indeed, 
  a 
  plentiful 
  species, 
  and 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  sitting 
  

   on 
  telegraph-wires 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  barren 
  tracts 
  of 
  country 
  ; 
  a 
  pair 
  

   nested 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  Port 
  Noo 
  Hotel. 
  The 
  young 
  

   birds 
  were 
  seen 
  early 
  in 
  August 
  being 
  fed 
  by 
  their 
  parents 
  every 
  

   morning 
  ; 
  they 
  sat 
  on 
  a 
  stone 
  wall, 
  and 
  kept 
  up 
  a 
  mournful 
  call 
  

   until 
  their 
  appetites 
  were 
  appeased. 
  Yellow 
  Buntings 
  (E. 
  citri- 
  

   nella) 
  and 
  Reed-Buntings 
  (E. 
  schosniclus) 
  were 
  fairly 
  common, 
  

   the 
  former 
  numerous 
  about 
  Ardara, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  there 
  were 
  

   always 
  a 
  few 
  pairs 
  at 
  all 
  the 
  loughs. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  wooded 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  is 
  at 
  Ardara, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   Woodhill 
  demesne 
  there 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  Spotted 
  Flycatcher 
  (Musci- 
  

   capa 
  grisola) 
  a 
  numerous 
  species 
  ; 
  they 
  were 
  frequenting 
  a 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  demesne 
  where 
  timber 
  had 
  been 
  felled, 
  and 
  almost 
  

   from 
  every 
  stump 
  the 
  eye 
  caught 
  the 
  upward 
  dart 
  of 
  these 
  pretty 
  

   little 
  birds 
  as 
  they 
  Hew 
  after 
  insects, 
  and 
  returned 
  again 
  to 
  the 
  

   same 
  post. 
  The 
  day 
  of 
  my 
  visit 
  (Aug. 
  1st) 
  I 
  counted 
  over 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  of 
  these 
  birds. 
  Willow-Warblers 
  and 
  Goldcrests 
  were 
  

   also 
  numerous. 
  

  

  On 
  Aug. 
  5th, 
  when 
  returning 
  from 
  Dawros 
  Head, 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  

   small 
  flock 
  of 
  Wagtails 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  sands 
  close 
  to 
  Eosbeg. 
  

   On 
  examining 
  them 
  through 
  glasses, 
  I 
  put 
  them 
  down 
  for 
  Mota- 
  

   cilla 
  alba, 
  the 
  back 
  being 
  light 
  grey, 
  and 
  with 
  large 
  black 
  throat 
  

   paten. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  probably 
  in 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  return 
  migration. 
  

   On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  small 
  flock 
  of 
  similar 
  birds 
  about 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  last 
  year 
  on 
  the 
  sands 
  at 
  Trawbreaga 
  Bay, 
  near 
  

   Malin 
  Head, 
  Co. 
  Donegal. 
  The 
  Pied 
  Wagtail 
  (M. 
  lugubris) 
  and 
  

   Grey 
  Wagtail 
  (M. 
  melanope) 
  were 
  scarce. 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  

   former 
  near 
  Port 
  Noo, 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  at 
  Ardara. 
  

  

  The 
  Linnet 
  (Linuta 
  cannabina) 
  and 
  Lesser 
  Redpoll 
  (L. 
  rufe- 
  

   scens) 
  were 
  very 
  plentiful, 
  the 
  former 
  in 
  large 
  flocks 
  near 
  Narin. 
  

   The 
  male 
  birds 
  were 
  in 
  splendid 
  plumage. 
  

  

  