_Mine Head._--April 25th, one caught striking; wind N.E., strong
breeze, fog. May 3d, one found dead. [Received Sedge Warbler.] 7th, one
caught striking; wind E., calm, fog; a few against lantern all night;
as many as five seen on sashes at a time. 8th, one found dead, several
striking in night; fog continued. 9th, one found dead. 10th, another.
[Leg and wing received.--R. M. B.] August 25th, a Whitethroat Warbler
found dead at base of lighthouse; probably killed on 22d, during fog.
[Leg and wing received. It was a Sedge Warbler.] 28th, one caught at
glass. September 13th, one in garden.
_Tuskar Rock._--May 9th, 9.30 P.M. to 1 A.M., small numbers with
Whitethroats striking; fog; thirteen White throats and ten Sedge
Warblers killed. [Received four male Sedge Warblers, and five male and
one female Whitethroat in flesh.--R. M. B.] May 16th, three killed
striking. [Received Sedge Warbler.] May 22d, 10.30 P.M. to 2 A.M.,
Whitethroats and Sedge Warblers constantly striking, about fifty of
each killed; wind light N.W. July 29th, one killed striking, 11.30 P.M.
September 24th, one killed striking. [Leg and wing received.]
_Rockabill._--May 7th, Sedge Warblers passing in numbers all night;
rain, wind light S. 9th, Warblers passing all night. [Four Sedge
Warblers received in flesh. See under Whitethroat.] 22d, "Warblers"
passing, several killed.
Grasshopper Warbler (_Acrocephalus nævius_, Bodd.).
_Tuskar Rock._--April 20th, one struck, 11.30 P.M.; wind light E.,
misty. [Received in flesh.]
Whitethroat (_Sylvia rufa_, Bodd.).
_Mine Head._--May 9th, one caught striking; 12th, one singing in marshy
ground. [Probably Sedge Warbler.]
_Tuskar Rock._--May 9th, 9.30 P.M. to 1 A.M., Whitethroats and Sedge
Warblers striking; fog; thirteen Whitethroats and ten Sedge Warblers
killed. [Received five male and 1 female Whitethroat, and four male
Sedge Warblers in flesh.] May 22d, 10.30 P.M. to 2 A.M., Whitethroats
and Sedge Warblers constantly striking, about fifty of each killed;
wind light N.W. September 24th, one killed striking. [Leg and wing of
Whitethroat received.]
_Rockabill._--May 6th, Whitethroats passing; wind light S., misty. 9th,
Warblers passing all night; fog and mist. [Received five Whitethroats
in flesh. See also under Sedge Warbler.] There were immense quantities
of these small birds here on night of 9th inst. 22d, "Warblers"
passing. 23d, Whitethroats passing.
_Tearaght._--May 21st, one Whitethroat shot. [Received in flesh.]
Blackcap (_Sylvia atricapilla_, Linn.).
_Tuskar Rock._--November 7th, one found killed; forwarded. [Not
received.--R. M. B.]
_Eagle Island, U._--October 31st, one killed striking. [Leg, wing, and
head received.]
Chiffchaff (_Phylloscopus collybita_, Vieill.), and Willow Wren
(_Phylloscopus trochilus_, Linn.).
_Mine Head._--April 24th, one caught striking, 1 A.M., fog. May 6th,
one seen. September 2d, one caught on glass; wind N., clear, fine. [Leg
and wing of Willow Wren received.]
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