My Birds. 289 



never heard described by any observer. This is the only one 

 of the Gallinaceous tribe that I have hitherto possessed ; and I 

 must say that it has proved a very interesting, and by no 

 means troublesome pet. 



(to bk concluded). 



CAPTURES OF COI.KOPTKRA IN IREI.AND DURING 



THE SPRING OF 1895. 



BY JAMES J. WALKER, R.N., F.E-S. 

 ( Concluded from page 212). 



Between May i8th and 21st, I took at Buncrana, Co. Derry :— 



Cai*abus catenulatus, vScop.— Not uncommon on moorland. 



Notlophllus blg^uttatus, F. 



N. palustrls, Dnft. 



Nebria brcvicollls, F— A small form 



Elaphrus riparius, ly.— One specimen. 



Loricera pilicornis, F. 



Clivina fossor, L. 



Dyschirius impunctipennis, Daws. — Locally' abundant in a 

 sandy saline spot, on the shore of Lough Swilly, in company with Blcdlus 

 annariiis. 



Broscus cephalotcs, L. — Common. 



Bradycellus collaris, Payk. — One on Roosky Mountain, about 

 1,000 feet elevation. 



Harpalus latus, L. — Not scarce. 



Pterostlchus vitreus, Dej. — Two specimens, under stones on a 

 peat-bog, elevation about 500 feet. 



P. nigrlta, F. — Common. 



Abax striola, F. — Not rare. 



Amara spin! pes, Auct. — Two on the beach. 



A. trlvialls, Gyll. — Not uncommon. 



DIchlrotrlchus pubescens, Payk. — Common, in salt marshes. 



Calathus cisteloides, Panz. 



C» mollis, Marsh. — Very common on the golf-links. 



C. melanoccphalus, L. — Common ; one or two from the top of 

 Roosky Mountain may be referred to the var. nubigena, Hal. 



C. micropterus, Duft. — One specimen, on the sandhills. 

 Anchomenus parumpunctatus, F.— A beautiful blue-black 

 variety, occurred rarely on a peat bog. 



