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on fine days at the beginning of September. It generally 

 arrives the second week of April at Glenalla. 



*Golden-crested Wren, Regulus cristatus, Koch. — Resident 

 and common wherever there are spruces or silver firs. 



*Common Wren, Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. — Common and 

 resident. Often met with in summer in most remote places on 

 steep mountain cliffs. I may quote Slieve League and Bluestack 

 in this county, and Brandon in Kerry, on the sea-precipices, in 

 both of which lonely places I disturbed these birds, which are 

 usually found dwelling near houses. 



*Tree Creeper, Certhia familiaris, Linn. — Apparently very 

 scarce in Donegal, though ascertained to occur in Letterkenny. 

 I have seen it at Ards, on the shores of Sheephaven Bay, where 

 there is a sufficiency of timber. The nest has been taken at 

 Marble Hill, I have been informed, by the Rev. A. Stuart, or one 

 of his sons. Mr. J. V. Stewart wrote (1830) that it was a very 

 rare resident at Ards. 



^Greater Tit, Parns major, Linn. — Frequent in summer; 

 scattered and of uncertain distribution in winter. 



*Blue Tit, P. cceruleus, Linn. — Common and resident. 



*Coal Tit, P, ater, Linn. — Not quite so common as either of 

 the last-named species, but frequent at Glenalla, Rathmullan, &c. 

 "Not uncommon at Killybegs" (A. B.). 



*Long-tailed Tit, Acredula caudata, Linn. — Not rare, and 

 occurs in small travelling parties in winter. I have found their 

 nests at Glenalla and Bathmullan. "Are to be seen at this 

 season of the year (January), in flocks up to a dozen or so, about 

 the woods at Lough Eske and Ardnamona, where they breed" 

 (A. B.). 



Marsh Tit, Parus palustris, Linn. — I saw one at Carrablagh 

 in November, 1889, and I observed it carefully: there was no white 

 on the nape. This bird appears to be very rare in Ireland. 



Waxwino, Ampelis garrulus, Linn. — Mr. Murphy, of Dun- 

 fanaghy, obtained a specimen of this rare winter visitor in that 

 neighbourhood in 1881 (A. B.). 



(To be continued.) 



