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Tlie Irish Naturalist. 



March, 



Summer Migrants at Balbrig-gan in 1916. 



In March last year, 1 issued more than loo cards containing a hst of 

 migrants with the probable dates of their arrival, hoping in this way 

 to ascertain the range of some of the rarer species. 



There were manj' applications for these cards ; but I am sorry to sa}-, 

 that I have received only one return from those to whom they were sent. 

 It is remarkable, however, that it contains the names both of the Redstart 

 and the Garden Warbler, which may be considered decidedly " Rarae 

 Aves " in Ireland. 



I append the dates of my own observations here in iqt6. 



1 Chiff-chaff April 



2 Swallow ,, 

 Willow Warbler 

 Corncrake ,, 

 Sand -Martin ,, 

 Whimbrel 



7 Cuckoo ,, 



8 Whitethroat May 



9 Grasshopper W^arbler ,, 

 My observation of the Wheatear was extraordinarily late here last year. 



No observations of the Quail or Blackcap. 



Charles W. Benson. 

 Bedford House, Balbriggan. 



May 13 

 13 



17 

 20 



„ 26 



27 



.. 28 



Waxwing in Co. Down. 



A Waxwing, Ampdis garrnlus, was shot here on ist February, and 

 brought to me for identification. It was feeding on berries of Cotoneaster 

 in a garden close to a dwellinghouse, and is said to have appeared very 

 tame. 



Hillsborough, Co. Down. Nevin H. Foster. 



BOTANY. 



Trichia affinis. 



I am obliged to Mrs. Stelfox for her correction of my statement at the 

 November meeting of the Dublin Microscopical Club that Trichia affinis 

 had only been recorded from Leinster and Munstcr. \\. the time T was 

 unaware of the records of the Clare Island Survey. Since that list was 

 l^rinted, some good work has been done in extending the known range 

 of the Mycetozoa in Ireland, not the least of which is to the credit of 

 tlie writer of the correction. There is little doubt that a careful search 

 in other localities will sliow that this specjcR is fairly well distributed 

 throughout the country, 



Dublin. W. F. Gunn. 



