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second, Irish summer migrants ; and, third, European summer migrants, 

 only irregular visitants to the Britannic area. 



First, — British summer migrants occurring in Ireland in winter; — 



Reed Wren {Sal. arundinacea). Dublin, 1843 ; E. J. Montgomery. 



Blackcap {C. atricapilld). Belfast, 1834; Louth, 1850, R. J. M. ; 

 Dublin, 1833, 1843, R. J. M., 1846, 1847. This bird has also occurred 

 in Dublin and elsewhere in several summers, and bred. Tipperary, 1834; 

 Waterford, 1830, 1834, 1858, R. J. Ussher. Galway, 1842; Cork, 1839. 

 This bird has wintered in England. 



Stoneplover {(E. crepitans). Dublin, 1829, 1849, 1853; Waterford, 

 1840; Kerry, August, 1842; Wexford, 1844. 



Dotterel (Ch. morinellus), breeds occasionally in Ireland; Down, 

 1834; Tipperary, 1853. 



Spotted Q,rVi\.e {C. porzana) occurs in summer. Belfast, 1835, 184*7, 

 1848; Donegal, Down, 1828, 1845; Dublin, 1835; Wicklow, 1835; 

 Queen's County, 1834; Kerry, 1845, 1846; Clare, 1832; Waterford, 

 1842, 1843. 



'RxxiS. {M. pugnax), in some counties nearly regularly. Antrim, Do- 

 negal, 1837, 1838; Dublin, 1847, R. J. M. ; Wicklow, 1853; Kildare, 

 1838, 1840; Tipperary, 1848. 



Common Redstart {Ph. ruticilla). Belfast, Queen's County, 1847, 

 R. J. M. ; Dublin, 1828, 1830. 



Second, — Irish summer migrants : — 



Ring ouzel {M. torquata). Dublin, 1842 or 1843; Lambay, 1847, 

 1848; R. J. M. 



Whinchat(/S. ruhetra). Dublin, 1847, 1848, 1850, 1859; Louth, 

 1848; R. J. M. 



Sedge Warbler {Sal. phragmites). Dublin, 1843 ; R. J. M. 



Whitethroat ( C. cinerea). Dublin, 1843 ; R. J. M. 



ChifFchaff {Syl. rufa). Louth, 1849, R. J. M. ; Castlewarren, Co. 

 Cork, November, 1850, to February, 1851, Robert Warren. 



Willow wren {Syl. trochilus). Louth, 1850-51 ; R. J. M. 



Chimney Swallow {R. rustica). Louth, December, 1850, R. J. M. ; 

 Cork, 1849, R. W. It is a question whether the birds of this species 

 and the sand martens (//. riparia), seen sometimes late in autumn and 

 winter, do not fall under this category rather than under that of birds 

 which have overstayed their time here. I have seen the former species 

 about Dublin late in November in several years (that just past among 

 the number), and have always remarked that, when this occuiTed, there 

 was an interval during which swallows were not to be seen at all, 

 and then the species reappeared. Gr. Henry Kinahan, Esq., sends me 

 a note of the occurrence of the sand marten at Castleconnell, Limerick, 

 on the 30th November, 1859. 



