i8 The Irish Naturalist. January, 



ZOOLOGY. 

 Anosia archippus in Co. Cork, 



In the Irish Times of November 7th, 19 16, H. Chavasse records the 

 capture of a specimen of the famous North American " Milkweed 

 Butterfly " near Skibbereen on October 20th. It is well known as a 

 migratory insect, and might have been expected in Ireland before now, 

 as nearly thirty examples have been observed in the south and west 

 of England. 



Quail on Migration at Rockabili Light=Station. 



On Thursday, September 28th, 19 16, at 9.30 a.m., Mr. Hammond 

 principal keeper, picked up a dead Quail on the roof of the oil-store 

 which encircles the base of the tower. Beside it lay a Greater White- 

 throat. Both birds, as he handed them to me, were very fresh but 

 soaking wet ; when I dried the Quail I found it was an adult male in 

 splendid plumage. 



C. J. Patten. 



University, Sheffield. 



Short-Eared Owl on Migration at Rockabili Light-Station. 



In the October number of the Irish Naturalist (vol. xxv., p. 170) I 

 mentioned that at 7.20 p.m. I observed an owl (Short-eared to the best 

 of my belief) flying round Rockabili. The date of my observation, 

 which was August 20th, 19 16, appears to have been accidentally omitted' 



C. J. Patten. 

 University, Sheffield. 



Swans and their Nests. 



A couple of swans frequent our little lake (or rather pond) of about 

 3 acres. They fly to the open waters of the Boyne in hard weather, 

 come and go at will, but always nest here. However, they have never 

 succeeded in rearing their young. In 1914 and 1915 the young ones 

 died at the age of two or three weeks. Mere bags of fluff they were, and 

 seemed starved. This year the eggs were addled and did not hatch 

 out at all. I am at a loss to guess the reason, and would be glad of any 

 suggestion. I questioned the man who feeds the wild fowl at the Zoo 



