136 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Tearaght. — March 23rd, one Greenland Falcon shot 10 a.m.; 

 wind S., light, clear ; length from tips of wings, 48£ inches ; 

 from heak to tail, 22 inches ; weight, 3 lbs. 6. oz. March 24th, 

 one seen to-day devouring a sea-parrot. April 2nd, one shot, 

 smaller and whiter than the bird killed on March 23rd. 

 April 7th, two to-day, each time pursued by Crows. April 21st, 

 a very large one pounced upon a sea-parrot and carried it off to 

 an adjoining island. [The specimens killed on March 23rd and 

 April 2nd were recorded in Report for 1883. — R. M. B.J 



Hawks. 



Fastnct. — Sept. 15th, one seen. Oct. 15th, one Black Hawk 

 10 a.m., going E.; wind N.W., light, misty. Nov. 14th, one 

 Hawk seen. 



Old Head, Kinsale. — May 7th, two Falcons and one " Gos- 

 hawk " all day ; wind N.E., strong. The Falcons never leave 

 here. The " Goshawk " always goes inland. June 8th, two 

 Falcon Hawks, resident ; 24th, one "Goshawk" shot. Nov. 4th, 

 two Falcons going N.W. ; stormy from S.W. 



Dwngarvan. — April 11th, one Falcon Hawk. May 9th, one. 

 Coningbeg Light-ship. — September 22nd, one Sparrow Hawk. 

 Oct. 10th, one, with a Stormy Petrel in its talons. Nov. 21st, 

 one. 



Barrels Rock Lightship. — Oct. 24th, one Hawk. Nov. 18th, 

 one. 



Tuskar Bock. — May 11th, one Hawk on rock, fog ; 27th, one 

 on rock. Aug. 23rd, one 8 a.m. Oct. 5th, one 9 a.m. 



Arklow North Light-ship. — Sept. 8th, two Sparrow Hawks 

 about ship 6.30 a.m. ; wind N.W., light, haze ; 14th, a large 

 Hawk at 8 a.m. Oct. 2nd, one Hawk. Dec- 22nd, two Hawks 

 about ship. 



Rockabill. — July 1st, one Hawk caught alive. Sept. 1st, one 

 Hawk seen. Oct. 6th, do. ; 23rd, one Hawk, with Golden 

 Wrens, Thrushes, Blackbirds, Stares, and Larks ; " several killed 

 but not the Hawk." Nov. 9th, 10th, and 11th, Hawk, with 

 Blackbirds, Thrushes, Stares, and Fieldfares ; several of latter 

 killed striking ; 16th and 17th, one Hawk. 



South Maidens. — Oct. 24th, two Hawks over rock. 

 Rathlin Island. — Oct. 24th, one Sparrow Hawk on island ; 

 wind N., light. 



