XIV INTRODUCTION. 



Arran (Gray, op. cit.). In Ireland it is very rare ; Thomp- 

 son mentions but one instance of its occurrence, and that in 

 the county of Cork. There is a second Irish specimen, how- 

 ever, in the Museum at Belfast, and one, shot in Tipperary, in 

 the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society. Within the last 

 few years two others have been procured in the neighbour- 

 hood of Newtownbarry, co. Wexford, one of which was 

 forwarded to the writer for inspection. In addition to the 

 localities formerly frequented by the Goshawk (p. 4) may be 

 mentioned : — Tawton, Devon, where, according to Dr. Moore 

 (Cat. Birds Devon), a nest of this species was seen, and one 

 of the old birds was wounded but escaped; KUmorack, 

 Inverness-shire {fide Blyth, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 568) ; 

 and Balmacara, Ross-shire, at which last-named place, in 

 April 1871," a nest was found containing two eggs, one of 

 which is now in the collection of Mr. E. Hargitt. A more 

 recent instance of the nesting of the Kite in Lincokishire 

 may be cited than that referred to at p. 6. Mr. Adrian, 

 of Lincoln, had some Kites' eggs from a wood near Wragley, 

 taken in the spring of 1870. This bird is very rare in Ireland. 

 Sir William Jardine lately informed the writer that the 

 Rough-legged Buzzard (p. 6) once nested near Twizel in 

 Northumberland, and that he accompanied the late Mr. 

 Selby to look at the nest. 



The Fieldfare (p. 11) is said to have nested in Selkirkshire 

 (c/. Fairholme, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 339, and Blyth, op. 

 cit. p. 439). 



The Nightingale (p. 15), said to be unknown in the west 

 of Devonshire and Cornwall, has been heard and seen at 

 Exeter ('Naturalist,' 1851, p. 177), and shot at Honiton 

 ('Zoologist,' May 1846). A solitary Blackcap (p. 15) ap- 

 peared at Balta Sound, Shetland, and was captured in October 

 1865 (c/. Saxby, 'Zoologist,' 1865, p. 9438). 



