302 . THE ZOOLOGIST. 



*Whinchat, S. rubetra, Linn. — Very local. In 1880 I saw 

 two pairs about Trawenagh Bay, near Dunglow, in the N.W. 

 corner of Donegal, and in 1886 I met with a pair by the river 

 Termon, a mile or two above Pettigo, during the summer. Never 

 seen about Fanet. The Whinchat utters a clear Chaffinch-like 

 whistle before its chatter, and the chatter is much weaker than 

 that of the Stonechat. 



*Wheatear, S. cenanthe, Linn. — A common summer visitor, 

 arriving in the beginning of April and remaining till the end of 

 September. " Very common during the breeding season in every 

 part of S.W. Donegal. I once took a nest with six eggs out of a 

 rabbit-hole on Kathlin O'Beirne Island, and saw one of these birds 

 so late as Oct. 7th, 1880. The first I ever saw was on April 4th, 

 1880" (A. B.). 



*Sedge Warbler, A crocephalus scJicenob<zniis,~Lmii. — Kindrum, 

 Lough Fern, River Finn, Eiver Erne, are haunts of the Sedge 

 Warbler, and no doubt other places. But it is not a common 

 visitor, owing to the absence of suitable haunts. Mr. Brooke has 

 found two nests within a mile of Killybegs. 



Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla, Linn.— Very rare in Donegal. 

 At the end of May, 1881, a pair frequented the plantation behind 

 the garden of Rathmullan House, Lough Swilly. 



*Whitethroat, S. rufa, Boddaert. — Not unfrequent in 

 many parts of the county in summer, but visits Fanet 

 sparingly. " Common during the breeding season about Killy- 

 begs, and returning to breed in the same place, if not disturbed " 

 (A. B.). 



Wood Wren, Phylloscopus sibilatrix, Bechstein. — A very rare 

 visitor. One shot by me at Glenalla, in June, 1879, is now in the 

 National Museum in Dublin. There were two pairs there on 

 that occasion, and I had heard them at Glenalla in previous 

 years, but I have never met with the species elsewhere in 

 Donegal. (See Zool. 1879, p. 341.) 



* Willow Wren, P. trochilus, Linn. — A common summer 

 visitor. Rarely sings a second time in September at Glenalla, 

 where it arrives nearly a week later than the Chiffchaff. 



*Ciiiffchaff, P. rvfus, Bechst. — As common as the last, or 

 more so, in woodland places like Glenalla. The Chiffchaff 

 seldom frequents open hedgerows as the Willow Wren does. 

 It id ay usually be heard at Glenalla, giving a second song, 





