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over. On August 28th Mr. Glanville watched for over an hour three 

 Yellow Wagtails feeding on flies about some decaying sea-weed. 



Robert F. Ruttledge. 

 Bloomheld, HoUymount, Co. Mayo. 



Black Redstart in Co. Wexford. 



On the morning of November 4th two Black Redstarts in female or 

 immature plumage appeared on the roof and portico of this house, having 

 probably been driven out of their course by the great storm that had 

 blown from the south during the whole of the preceding day. They 

 remained here for nine days, and were last seen a little before sunset 

 on the evening of the 12th — a beautifully fine, calm day, on which the 

 barometer stood at the highest point it had reached since the birds' 

 arrival, so that the selection of their time for departure would seem to 

 have been highly judicious. This is the first occasion on which the 

 Black Redstart has been noted — so far as I am aware — in this part of 

 Co. Wexford, v.^hich is eighteen miles from the nearest sea to eastward, 

 and twenty-two from the south coast. I should be glad to know if it 

 has shown itself at other inland stations during the present winter, and 

 under what sort of meteorological conditions. Owing to its preference 

 for porches and window-sills it is somewhat less likely than most of the 

 smaller migrants to escape observation when it reaches a new locality. 



C. B. Moffat. 



Ballyhyland, Co. Wexford. 



Little Bustard in Co. Clare. 



A female Little Bustard, Otis teivax, in beautiful plumage was shot 

 near Ennis, Co. Clare, on December 20th, iiji(\ and sent to Messrs. 

 WilliamxS, where it is being mounted for me. This is the seventh specimen 

 obtained in Ireland, for of the eight individuals observed between 1833 

 and 1892 two managed to elude capture. 



C. J. Carroll. 



Rocklow, Fethard. 



Bat Flying in Daylight. 



On the 15th December last, over a frozen mill pond near Downpatrick, 

 in a bright sun at the hour of 1.25 p.m., I watched for some time a small 

 bat hawking, exactly like a Swallow over water, and like the latter 

 frequently dipping down to touch the ice for a brief moment and off 

 again. Several times it came within a few feet of me, but unfortunately 

 I do not know the different species or I could easily have distinguished 

 it. Only once before have I seen a bat out in the daytime, but then 

 it was in the late .spring or early summer about twelve years ago in the 

 County Cavan. Tlie hour was noon, and it was hawking under the shade 

 of trees, although the sun was shining as in the present case. 



J. H. H. SWINEY. 



Cloghaneely, Belfast. 



