32 Nevin H. Foster on 



Buteo lagopus (./. F. Gmelin). Rough-lkgued Buzzard. 



A female of this species, the 13th obtained in Ireland, was shot about 

 a couple of miles from Hillsborough in October, 1903. This specimen was 

 in existence until recently, but unfortunately seccurnbed to the ravage of 

 moths. 



Accipiter nisus (Lhm6). Sparrow-Hawk. 



A common resident, nesting in trees and, unlike the Kestrel, con- 

 structing its own nest. Average size of eggs 39'37 x 32'o2 mm. ; average 

 weight of full eggs 23-409 gr., of empty shells r821 gr. 



Faico tinnunculus Limn: Kestrel. 



Probablj' the commonest of our " Birds of Prey "'resident and nesting 

 in the district. Average size of eggs 39'37 X 3r23 mm. ; average weight 

 of full eggs 21 "148 gr., of empty shells 1 '6 gr. 



Order PELECANIFORMES. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDylO. 



Phalacrocorax carbo {I June). Cormorant. 



Annually from November till March a biixl, sometimes 3 or 4, of this 

 species may be seen perched on a tree in the island in Hillsborough Park 

 Lake or fishing in the water. These birds generally wear the Avhite breast 

 feathers of inmaturity. 



Order ANSERIFORMES. 



Family ANATID.E. 



Wild Qoose. «/). inc. Gaggles have frequently been seen flying 

 overhead, too high for identification. 



Branta canadensis Salmdori. Canada Goose. 



In tlie early nineties a pair of these birds came to Hillsborough Park 

 where they have been comparatively little disturbed and have increased in 

 numbers and regulaily nest. Average size of eggs 88 '26 x 6073 mm. ; 

 average weight of full eggs 163' 1(54 gr., of empty shells 17 "32 gr. 



Alopochen aegyptiacus {/Jnne). Eovpttan Goosk. 



Tiiompson states* that one was sliot near Moira in the middle of 

 .lanuary, 1833, andMn the succeeding page he says that formerly these 

 bii'ds were kept in numbers in the lakes in Hillsborough Park. Thei'e 

 were still a few tliei'e about tiie year 1889 but they have since disappeared. 



* Sat. Hist, of Jrelaiid, Vol. Ill, p. 04, 



