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southern extremity of the island; but their numbers were by no 
means equal to those of the Uria Troile or Area Torda. The my¬ 
riads of fry of different species of fish, particularly the Launce , or 
Sand-eel, furnish an ample supply of food to the various sea-fowl 
frequenting Rathlin. 
The Fishes of this island do not differ from those found on the 
northern shores of Ireland. One of the most common species is the 
Coal-fish ( Gadus carbonarias). This on the Irish coast is called, 
in its different stages of growth, Pickoc , Blochan , Glashan, and Grey 
Lord, and corresponds, according to Dr. Neill, to the Sillock and 
Piltock of Shetland, the former name being applied to the fry, and 
the latter to the fish when a year old. 
The Cod-fish is but rarely procured, there being but one cod-bank 
(which is called Skirnaw ), lying between Rathlin and Isla in Scot¬ 
land. 
The Lithe, Ling, Plaice, and Turbot are occasionally caught; and 
during summer the Grey Gurnard and one or two species of Wrasse 
are plentiful round the shores. 
The Fifteen-spined Stickleback ( Gasterosteus spinachia ) has been 
found in the pools on the shore, and in the rivulets and ponds the 
Short-spined Stickleback ( G. brachycentrus ). 
Notices of the Geographical Range of certain Birds common to va¬ 
rious Parts of the World but principally to India and Europe ► 
By Lieut-Col. W. H. Sykes, F.R.S . 
Circactus brachydactylus, Vieil-1 T v ^ 
j ot J J 5 j- India and Trance. 
Aquila chrysaeta .India and Europe. 
Falco Tinnunculus .India and Europe. 
—- Chicquera .India and Cape of Good Hope. 
Circus cyaneus . f Europe, and only slightly differ- 
* [ mg in India. 
f India, Java, and Cape of Good 
Strix Javanica .<j Hope. (Very like Strix flcun- 
l mea of Europe.) 
A Swallow hardly distinguishable ) T 1 . 
from H. rustica of Europe ... J nc ia * 
Alcyon Smyrnensis .Smyrna and India. 
Alcedo rudis .Dukhun and Cape of Good Hope. 
Muscipetci ( long-tailed white and] 0 . T 
chestnut) .. ..} Scmth Afrlca and India - 
' Europe and North America. A 
Collurio Excubitor . < species or variety in India very 
slightly different. 
Oriolrn Galbula . f Europe, India, and Cape of Good 
( Hope. 
— melanocephcdus .India and the Cape. 
Cape Thrush (Ixos Caffer) .India and the Cape. 
