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Glennon, on the 21st, was said to have been sent from Wexford. On 
the 19th, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th, sing'le individuals were shot in the 
county of Dublin. Two of these birds had been feeding on haws 
of the white-thorn ; it was stated of one whose stomach was entirely 
filled with them, that missel-thrushes attacked, and drove it from a 
hedge into the middle of a ploughed field ; perhaps on account of its 
partaking of their food. At the end of January, a flock of redwings 
were fired at near Euskey (county Eoscommon), and among the birds 
killed were two waxwings ; about the same time two others were killed 
at Lanesborough, county Longford. 
Hawfinch, vol. i. p. 259. 
This species has been at least twice procured at Glengarriff (county 
Cork); — January 20, 1844, being one of the dates. One of these 
birds, shot, it was presumed, at Mountstewart, county Down, was sent 
by the Marquis of Londonderry, on January 31st, 1849, to Belfast, to 
be preserved; its stomach was filled with large leguminous seeds/the 
size of ordinary peas. In February and March 1849, they were unu- 
sually frequent in the Phoenix Park, Dublin ; several were killed there 
in the latter month. In the first two weeks of April 1850, a pair was 
seen at Ballibrado, county Tipperary, and the female shot. 
Siskin, vol. i. p. 264. 
This bird seems to be at least an annuals isitant to some parts of 
the island. From what Mr. John E. Kinahan heard of it at Annagk 
(county Tipperary), it would appear to be resident there, where it is 
called the yellow goldfinch. He saw it in that locality early in June 
(1849), and was told that its nest is usually built in the willows which 
fringe the banks of the Little Brosna. This gentleman mentioned, in 
March 1849, from his own observation, that Sandymount marsh, near 
Dublin, had been frequented by a pair of siskins, in spring, autumn, 
and winter, for the preceding three years ; he had not the opportunity 
of observing them there in summer, but is of opinion that they most 
probably remain at that season also, from his having remarked a pair 
in a neighbouring field in June 1848. 
Early in January 1849, siskins were observed feeding on the alder, 
in a glen two miles from Castle Warren (county Cork), and were 
occasionally seen there until the 7th of February, when a flock of 
