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The Irish Nattijalisf. 
December, 
[Goldcrests. — R. M. B.], also a great flock of the common 
brown Wren, and Larks. Next morning, everywhere you 
looked on the rock you would see the Wrens, and on Sunday 
morning, October i8th, before daylight, they had all left. 
Wind very light N.E. ; overcast, gloomy. 
" When going around the rock on Sunday at 2 p.m., I 
came close to a large brown owl, but it got away. I saw 
a Black Redstart and Snipe, and also a lot of Chaffinches. 
Some remained on rock, and are dying, owing to there being 
no fresh water." 
He forwarded 72 birds, comprising 13 distinct species, 
viz. : — 
Chaffinch 
(8) 
Stonechat 
(I) 
Wren 
(10) 
Blackbird 
(6) 
Goldcrest 
(2) 
Golden Plover 
(I) 
Skylark . 
(34) 
Grey Plover 
(2) 
Snipe 
(I) 
Starling 
(3) 
Black Redstart 
(I) 
Thrush 
(2) 
Redwing 
(I) 
Of the 34 Skylarks, 9 were males, 23 females, and 2 
. doubtful. Of the Chaffinches, one was male, and 7 female. 
Of the Wrens, one was male, 4 female, and 5 doubtful. 
This great variety of species all migrating together on 
the same night is not unusual. About a year before, when 
the moon was also in her dark phase, on the 28th, 2gth, and 
30th September, 1913, Mr. Martin Kennedy, lightkeeper 
at the Fastnet, forwarded 97 birds killed striking the 
lighthouse. They consisted of the following 16 species : — 
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Ring -ouzel 
(3) 
Grasshopper Warbler 
(2) 
Water Rail 
(II) 
Robin 
(I) 
Storm Petrel 
(I) 
Greenfinch 
(2) 
Thrush 
(I) 
Goldfinch 
(I) 
Wheatear 
(62) 
Goldcrest 
(I) 
Pied Wagtail 
(5) 
Garden Warbler 
(2) 
Grey Wagtail 
(I) 
Skylark 
(I) 
Sedge -warbler 
(2) 
Meadow Pipit 
(I) 
This rush was also observed at the Tuskar, 160 miles to 
the east, where the lightkeeper, Mr. Glanville, notes : — 
