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form. A very large leg and wing of a Skylark was received 

 from Arklow South light-ship, killed October 28th. The 

 October immigration of the Chaffinch was evidenced by the 

 production of legs and wings, and extended to the light- 

 houses, several miles from land, off the west of Ireland. A 

 Turtle Dove was received from the Tuskar in May, and some 

 entries of " Doves " in the autumn, which have been placed 

 under the heading " Pigeons," are perhaps referrible to this 

 species. The repeated occurrence of the Corncrake, several 

 miles from shore — killed striking against lanterns between 100 

 and 200 feet above the sea-level — must satisfy the sceptical 

 that this bird can fly long distances and at a high level with great 

 power and velocity. The Water Eail, which seems so unwilling 

 to fly, was received from the Fastnet and Tuskar, and the 

 Water Hen from Eathlin O'Birne, both having been killed strik- 

 ing on 26th and 28th October. The first two stations are 

 seven or eight miles from the nearest land, and the last, two 

 miles. The Water Hen is stated by Mr Macginley of Eathlin 

 O'Birne to have struck "with tremendous force" at 11.30 p.m. 

 This lantern is 116 feet over sea. 



The words " Sand Larks," and " Sea Larks," so vague, and 

 signifying almost any of the smaller Sandpipers, is now better 

 understood by the production of legs and wings — those of the 

 Curlew Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, and 

 Turnstone having been sent. A leg and wing of the Fork- tailed 

 Petrel was forwarded from Eagle Island, W., off Mayo, caught 

 at lantern in second week of October. 



An egg of this species is recorded to have been found on 

 the Tearaght, Co. Kerry (Zoologist, 1886, p. 367). Most of 

 the legs and wings were obtained at the autumnal migration. 

 The autumn rush of Thrushes, Starlings, Blackbirds, and 

 Larks took place October 20th to 28th, on the E. and S.E. 

 coasts, there being little evidence of it on the W. coast. 

 From 27th February to 1st March another great movement 

 took place on the S.E. coast, and again about March 27th. 

 At the KW. stations a great rush of Fieldfares, Blackbirds, 

 Thrushes, and Starlings occurred December 17th and 24th, 

 under the influence of a sudden pinch of cold. The Fieldfares 

 were noticed in great numbers at Innishtrahull, a rocky islet six 

 miles north of Donegal. Mr M. S. Kennedy " never saw the 



