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bringing up a brood this year. The owner of this estate, Sir 

 James Musgrave, Bart., has, I am happy to say, instructed his 

 keepers to protect this noble bird. Ring-Ouzels {Turdus tor- 

 quatus) were very numerous on the mountain ; but I searched in 

 vain in hope of finding a nest. Wheatears (Saxicola cenanthe) 

 were also numerous. 



Ardara. — During a few days spent here fishing on the Owenea 

 River, I saw large numbers of Common Sandpipers (Totanus 

 hypoleucus) — they were probably nesting — as well as Grey Wag- 

 tails (Motacilla melanope) ; at the mouth of the river Black- 

 headed Gulls, Common Terns, and Curlews were feeding. In 

 the Woodhill demesne here several pairs of Spotted Flycatchers 

 (Muscicapa grisola) were nesting, as well as numerous pairs of 

 Chiffchaffs and Willow-Warblers. 



Dungloe. — The centre of the district known as the Rosses is 

 perhaps the most desolate part of Co. Donegal ; it consists of a 

 region of rocks, hills, and numerous fresh-water loughs (where 

 you can get the best of both Brown and White Trout fishing) on 

 the mainland, and of rocky islands lying off its shores. The 

 largest of the islands are thinly covered with peat and moss, and 

 a few are cultivated to a slight extent. Aranmore, the largest, 

 some 4335 statute acres in extent, I visited from Burtonport, 

 landing at several parts during my sail round the island. I was 

 fortunate in securing very intelligent boatmen, who were well 

 informed on the birds of the island ; they told me this was a 

 stronghold of the Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) , but unfortu- 

 nately, even in this remote district, the commercial value of the 

 eggs is known, and few are allowed to bring out their young 

 unmolested. I was shown, in a cave, one nest which had been 

 robbed by an old woman who lived close by, and who visited the 

 nest every morning until the full clutch of eggs were laid, of 

 which she knew the value ; she had, however, to keep them for 

 months unblown before a purchaser came along, who gave her 

 thirty shillings for the four eggs. It is little wonder that this 

 bird is becoming so scarce when such a premium is offered for 

 the eggs. On the north and north-east coast I found large 

 colonies of Common Guillemots, Razorbills, and Puffins breed- 

 ing, and I was also able to make out with glasses a few Black 

 Guillemots (Uria grylle) and Manx Shearwaters {PuJJinus 



