278 
FKINGILLIDjE. 
is recorded either in my notes or otherwise, as occurring at the 
following times and places : — 
Year. 
£ 
p 
Month or 
Season. 
Locality. 
Observations. 
1828 
26 
December. 
County of Wicklow. 1 
Belfast, co. Antrim. > 
Winter 1828-29, not numerous. 
Winter. 
Co. Tyrone or Armagh J 
1829-30 
January. 
Belfast. •» 
County of Wicklow. ■» 
Winter 1829-30, ditto. 
1831 
Co. Waterford. 
Said to be very destructive to or- 
chards near the city. 
1833 
July. 
Belfast. 
Several in red plumage obtained. 
1835 
22 
December. 
Crumlin, co. Antrim. 1 
1836 
”l 
55 
February. 
Lurgan, co. Armagh. ! 
Tan dragee. „ | 
Winter of 1835-36. 
}J 
Belfast. j 
Summer. 
Tollymore Park, Down. 
A pair bred, and frequently seen 
with their three young by the 
gamekeeper. 
1837 
End June. 
Dargle, co. Wicklow. 
Many seen ; two which were shot 
came under my notice. 
1837-38 
Winter. 
West of Ireland. 
Oct.-Mar. 
Co. Dublin. 
Numbers seen, and some obtained. 
Dec. 
Portglenone, co. A ntr. 
Flocks seen, • „ „ 
18 
January. 
Ballibrado, co. Tipper. 
ditto. ditto. 
Jan. &Eeb. 
Hillsborough Park, 
Finnebrogue and 
Tollymore Park, well 
wooded demesnes in 
the co. Down. 
February. 
Co. Carlow & Kildare. _ 
Numbers killed. 
1838 
Spring. 
Portarlington, Queen’s 
; Several shot here. About Mount- 
county. 
mellick (same co.) abundant a few 
years ago (1831 P); very destruc- 
tive to apples. 
1838 
Said to have bred at Delgany, and 
the Yale of Avoca (co. Wicldow) 
20 
and in the county of Meath, but 
no particulars furnished. 
1839 
January. 
Antrim. 
In this or the following winter ob- 
tained in Hillsborough Park, 
Down. 
1841 
Late in au- 
Co. Wexford. 
Flocks seen and some killed. 
tumn. 
1842 
Autumn. 
55 
ditto. 
1845 
4 
March. 
Between Killough and 
ditto. 
Dundrum, co. Down. 
1846 
Feb. &Mar. 
Tollymore Park, Down. 
ditto. 
