468 MR. H. W. WALLIS ON NATURAL HISTORY OF ARRAN MORE. 
white down for lining, and had eked out the supply with gray 
feathers of the domestic fowl. 
The Goldfinch was nesting in the same garden. This bird is 
common in the Eosses wherever a few trees or bushes afford it 
cover. I cannot remember seeing the Chaffinch or Greenfinch. 
A Blackbird was seen in the agent’s garden, and AVrens and 
Yellow Hammers were nesting around the premises. 
The House Sparrow seems universally distributed ; a pair or 
two frequenting each cabin, save in the very wildest glens. 
On May 23rd I saw a Tree Sparrow rise from a stone wall 
among the scattered cabins on Arran More. It was accompanied 
by one or two other birds which I failed to identify. On two 
subsequent occasions I had good views of this or a similar bird. 
When last seen it was perched upon the roof of a low cabin, and 
permitted a near and deliberate inspection. I doubt if more than 
one pair were on the island. I saw none at Burton Port or Acres, 
which are the nearest villages upon the mainland, nor at Dunglow, 
nor at any of the numerous cabins along the roadside between 
Strabane and the coast. Having found it in various unlikely 
spots among the Scotch highlands on other occasions, I kept my 
eyes open especially for the Tree Sparrow whilst in Donegal, and 
had quite given it up when I came upon it, as related, above 
one hundred and fifty miles from its nearest recorded Irish 
station at Dalkey, on the east coast near Dublin. 
On May 31st I saw a Stonechat on Arran More, and found a 
colony of Starlings breeding with Kock Doves in some sheltered 
cliffs. I had noticed no Starlings since leaving Stranorlar on the 
other side of the county. The local fishermen had no special 
name for them, calling them “ Blackbirds ; ” hence it is possible 
that this is a recent extension of the Starlings’ range. 
No Eavens were seen. This species has lately been much 
reduced by poisoning. Hooded Grows are common. The Chough 
is common on Arran More. I believe it has exclusive possession 
of the island, as no Jackdaws were seen there, nor on the low 
in-shore i.slands adjacent. At Croliy Head, a few miles south, 
the Jackdaw abounds, breeding in close proximity to a few pairs 
of Choughs, and displaying no animosity to them. 
Though not nesting in companies as do Jackdaws, the Chough 
is a very sociable bird, going about in little parties of eight or 
