Donegal, Down, Armagh, Fermanagh, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork?, Kerry?.
General distribution.—Resident throughout the greater part of Europe, migrating in winter across the Mediterranean to North Africa. Also found in Western and South-western Asia. In India a different species exists (C. spinoides).
Pyrrhula europæa (Vieill.). Bullfinch.—Common and resident in Switzerland and Ireland. The large form with the very brilliant red breast (P. major), which inhabits Northern and Eastern Europe, was noticed in Switzerland.
General distribution.—Throughout the greater part of Europe. Also wanders to North Africa and Western Asia.
Loxia curvirostra, Linn. Crossbill.—Observed in limited numbers in some of the pine forests of Switzerland. In Ireland it is rather rare and uncertain as a winter visitor. Locally distributed as a resident, breeding, or noticed in the breeding season, in the following counties:—Down, Armagh, Fermanagh, Westmeath, Meath, Wicklow, Kildare, Queen's Co., King's Co., Tipperary, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Sligo (Ussher).[1]
General distribution.—Resident over the pine forests of Europe, North Africa, and Siberia. Winters in North China. Occurs also in Western Asia and North America.
Pica rustica, Scop. Magpie.—Common in Switzerland and Ireland.
General distribution.—Plentiful in Europe, Western and South-western Asia, extending to China and Japan. Found also in the northern portions of America and Africa.
Garrulus glandarius, Linn. Jay.—Abundant in Switzerland. Resident and local in Ireland. Breeds in King's Co., Queen's Co., Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Tipperary, and North Waterford (Ussher). Like the English bird, the alpine Jay is poorer in colour than the same species found in Ireland.
General distribution.—Inhabits the wooded districts of the European continent. The Asiatic and North African forms differ from that found in Europe.
- ↑ For further information concerning this bird, see (a) Ussher on "The Crossbill," 'Irish Nat.' vol. i. p. 6; also (b) Thompson, 'Birds of Ireland'; (c) 'Zoologist,' 1889, p. 180.
