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Charadrius cantianus. Clontarf Strand ; rare. 
Squatarola cinerea. Donnybrook, 1849 ; Clontarf Strand; Malahide; Merrion 
Strand. 
Vanellus cristatus. Mountain glens ; common ; Donnybrook; hard weather. 
Strepsilas interpres. Merrion Strand ; very rare. 
Calidris arenaria. Merrion Strand; rare. 
Hsematopus ostralegus. Sea coasts ; very common. 
Ardea cinerea. Yery common. 
Numenius arquata. Strand; common; Donnybrook. 
,, ph geopus. Strand. 
Totanus fuscus. Shot this bird at Bohernabreena, in the millrace, in the winter 
of 1851. 
,, calidris. Merrion Strand ; rare. 
„ hypoleucos. Dodder river and mountain glens ; common in summer. 
,, glottis. Donnybrook ; winter of 1851. 
Limosa melanura. Merrion Strand and Clontarf Island; much rarer than the 
next. 
,, rufa. Strand ; very common. 
Scolopax rusticola. Donnybrook ; in hard weather. 
„ Gallinago. Do., and Sandymount Marsh.* 
,, gallinula. Donnybrook. 
Tringa variabilis. Strand ; common ; occasionally seen on the rivers. 
Crex pratensis. Common ; some birds remain there the winter. 
Rallus aquaticus. Portrane, Baldoyle, and River Dodder ; rather rare in Dublin. 
Gallininula chloropus. Abundant in the winter ; frequents the dry ditches. 
Fulica atra. A pair were resident at Sandymount Marsh previous to its being 
drained. 
Anser segetum. Comes to Donnybrook occasionally in hard weather. Wild 
geese are seen flying over Dublin every winter. 
,, albifrons. This species is common in the Dublin market, it sometimes 
occurs in Donnybrook. I saw a flock of them once pitched in a field 
near Firhouse. In the county of Tipperary I have counted 250 birds all 
feeding at one time in the callows. 
„ bernicla. Dublin Bay every winter. 
„ brenta. Yery common on Merrion Strand. 
Anas boschas. Donnybrook (used to breed near Ball’s-bridge), Merrion Strand, 
and formerly, also, to be found at Sandymount Marsh, which, however, 
has been drained within the last few years, and, thereby, this and many 
other birds have ceased to be residents. 
,, acuta. I have seen this bird at Malahide. 
,, crecca. Donnybrook, in a quarry-hole in very.hard winters ; Sandymount 
Marsh, &c. 
,, penelope. Merrion Strand ; sometimes in hundreds. 
Fuligula ferina. Merrion Strand ; rather scarco. 
,, marila. Merrion Strand. 
,, cristata. Merrion Strand. 
Clangula vulgaris. Merrion Strand. 
Mergus serrator. Kingstown Harbour. 
Podiceps cristatus. A pair of these birds came to Rochford’s pond ; after sojourning 
there a while, they were scared away. I had frequent opportu¬ 
nities of examining them, as when first they came they were quite 
tame. 
,, minor. Dodder. A specimen was taken alone this month by a friend 
of mine, near Classon’s-bridge, in this city; the bird easily escapes 
detection owing to its habit of diving, and only allowing the end of its 
bill being seen above water. 
Colymbus glacialis. Dublin Bay. 
„ septentrionalis. Do. 
* As a rule, snipes are much scarcer in the County Dublin than in Tipperary, Carlow, or Galway. 
