Richard Mancliffe Barrington (1849, Fassaroe, near Bray

Bray

Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,901 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2006 census...

, County Wicklow

County Wicklow

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 – 1915) was an Irish

Ireland

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 botanist and ornithologist.

Barrington was educated at Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

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 where he gained an M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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. He wrote reports on the flora

Flora

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 of Lough Ree

Lough Ree

Lough Ree is a lake in the midlands of Ireland, the second of the three major lakes on the River Shannon. Lough Ree is the second largest lake on the Shannon after Lough Derg. The other two major lakes are Lough Allen to the north, and Lough Derg to the south, there are also several minor lakes...

, Lough Erne

Lough Erne

Lough Erne, sometimes Loch Erne , is the name of two connected lakes in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The lakes are widened sections of the River Erne. The river begins by flowing north, and then curves west into the Atlantic. The southern lake is further up the river and so is named Upper...

, Ben Bulben

Ben Bulben

Ben Bulben, sometimes spelt Benbulben or Benbulbin , is a large rock formation in County Sligo, Ireland. It is part of the Dartry Mountains, an area sometimes called "Yeats Country".Ben Bulben is listed as a protected structure....

, Tory Island

Tory Island

Toraigh is an inhabited island 14.5 km off the northwest coast of County Donegal, Ireland. It is also known in Irish as Oileán Thoraigh, Oileán Thoraí or Oileán Thúr Rí.-Language:The main spoken language on the island is Irish, but English is also understood...

 and the Blaskett

Blasket Islands

The Blasket Islands are a group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Kerry. They were inhabited until 1953 by a completely Irish-speaking population. The inhabitants were evacuated to the mainland on 17 November 1953...

 all published by the Royal Irish Academy

Royal Irish Academy

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. Later he became interested in ornithology. His best known work is The Migration of Birds as observed at Irish Lighthouse

Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....

s and Light-ships including the Original Reports from 1888-97, now published for the first time, and an Analysis of these and of the previously published Reports together with I an Appendix I giving the measurements of about 600 wings. London, R. H. Porter, and Dublin, Edward Ponsonby.Only 350 copies of this 667 page work were printed. The wings, stored in paper envelopes are conserved in the Ulster Museum

Ulster Museum

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 and in the National Museum of Ireland

Natural History Museum (Ireland)

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.

Barrington was a Fellow

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 of the Linnean Society a Member of the British Ornithologists' Union

British Ornithologists' Union

The British Ornithologists' Union aims to encourage the study of birds in Britain, Europe and elsewhere, in order to understand their biology and to aid their conservation....

, and of the British Association Committee for obtaining Observations on the Migration of Birds at Light- houses and Lightships formed to study bird migration

Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather. Sometimes, journeys are not termed "true migration" because they are irregular or in only one direction...

.He was also interested in mammals.