I9IO. Notes. 103 



It was my good fortune to come across a fine clump of Carex Pseiuio- 

 cypcrits in August last, in a deep wide drain situated to the south of 

 Portmore lake. The occurrence of this Sedge in this new locality for 

 Co. Antrim is welcome, as the plant is likely to be exterminated soon 

 from the Bog Meadows station, near Belfast, owing to drainage and 

 building operations. 



I have pleasure in recording the finding last summer of Orchis 

 py'ramidalis, Linn., and Saxifraga tridactylites, Linn., by Mr. Sylvanus Wear, 

 in the vicinity of the golf course between Portrush and the White Recks. 

 Neither of them has hitherto been recorded save from the southern end 

 of the county. Another scarce Antrim plant which he gathered at the 

 same locality was Vicia lathyroides, I.inn., not hitherto noted from the 

 district. 



W. J. C. TOMIJXSON. 



Belfast. 



ZOOLOGY. 



The Well-Shrimp in Co. Westmeath. 



A specimen of the Well-Shrimp {Niphargus kockianus, Sp. Bate) was 



recently sent to the Museum by Dr. M'Weeney, who had found it in 



water from a deep well nearMuUingar, Co. Westmeath. Two specimens 



of this interesting blind amphipod from a wellin Co. Clare had previously 



been sent to the Museum for identification by Dr. M'Weene}-, and are 



recorded in I)-2sh Naturalist, vol. xvi., 1907, p. 208 ; it has also been 



recorded from wells in Co. Dublin, and is probably to be found in several 



of the limestone wells in the central districts of Ireland. 



A. R. XiCHor.s. 

 National Museum , Dublin. 



Greenland Falcons in Co. Donegal. 



I think the exceptionally severe weather which we have had this 

 winter must also have prevailed in the higher latitudes. ' We had ver}' . 

 large flocks of wild geese coming to us in the autumn, and also much 

 more striking visitors in the shape of Greenland V?i\(iQ\\^(^Falco candicaiis). 

 In the past I have only been able to record the occurrence of this 

 species, may be once in three or four years. This wijiter I can report 

 probabh' eight occurrences. 



On 20th November, Dr. Eardley shot a fine female at Burtonport, and 

 a gamekeeper shot another near Killybegs. Then about same date Mr. 

 J. H. Deegan shot a specimen on Tory Island, and again at the new year 

 he shot another. Both frequented the island for some davs. They 

 frequently alighted upon the gable of the chapel, which is the highest 

 point in the island. 



On 30th December, a male was shot at Dunfanaghy by Mr. Kelso, and 

 sent to Derry for preservation. 



Then in the first week of January my friend, Mr. Asshmur Bond and 

 others saw a Greenland Falcon at Inch, Lough vSwilly. (This is an 

 addition to the Inch list.) Mr. Lawrence Nash, of Derry, reported to 



