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H. palusfris, H. planus, Agabus bipiishilatiis, and A. nebulosus. The moss 

 was, of course, productive of a far larger number of species than the 

 other methods of capture. I obtained from it Notiophilus pahistris, Lori- 

 ccra pilicornis, Pterostichiis stremitis, Anchomemis parumpunctatus , Bembidhim 

 lanipros, Cercyon melanocephahis, Cryptopleiirum atomarium, Aleochara morion, 

 Homalota vicina, H. atej-rima, H. circellaris, H. fungi, H. aegra, //. analis, H. 

 atramentaria, H. nigra, Conosoma lividmn, Tachyporus chiysomelinus, T. 

 hypnorutn, T. brunneus, Tachinns riifipes, T. marginellns, T. subterraneus, 

 Bolitobiiis luntclatus, B. irinotattis, B. pygmacus, Qncdius fuliginosns, Q. 

 seviiaeneus, Philonthus z'ariits, Ph. poliins, Xantholimis linearis, OtJiitis myrjiie- 

 cophiliis, Lathrobiuni brimnipes, Stemis impressus, S. atraUdus, Oxytelns rugosns, 

 Ttichopteiyx atomaria, Scydmaenus collaris, Cononimiis nodifer, Phyllotreta un- 

 dnlata, Erirhinus scirpi and St) ophosojmis coiyli. I give Aleochara morion and 

 Homalota aegra with some reserve, as I have not types of either. Most of 

 the species are common, but that was to be expected under the circum- 

 stances. I have given all the species taken, as there does not seem to 

 have been any record from the district since Haliday's time. — Rev. W. 

 F. Johnson, Armagh. 



BIRDS. 



GivAUCOUS AND ICKI.AND Gui,i.s (Larus g^laucus and L. leucopterns), 



IN Co. DoNEGAi,. There has apparently been a flight of these rare 

 northern gulls on our north-west coast, extending from Donegal to 

 Mayo, within the last few weeks. On the 12th February, W. A. Hamil- 

 ton, Esq. J. P. of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, sent me a very fine Glaucous 

 Gull {Lams glauciis), in the mottled immature plumage. It measured 

 thirty-one inches, from which I would conclude it was a male, although 

 the organs were not sufficiently developed to be distinguished. On the 

 15th February", Mr. Hamilton wounded another gull which he says was 

 apparently of the same size and plumage as the one he first sent. It 

 dropped in the sea and was not recovered. However, I think there 

 can be no doubt it was a second Glaucous. On the 17th February I 

 received from Mr. Hamilton an Iceland Gull {Lams Icncopiems), in the 

 plumage of the second year. Unfortunately it was too much decomposed 

 to preserve, as it had been shot about ten days previously, but the much 

 smaller size and greater comparative length of wing, distinguished it 

 from Lams glaucjis. On the 22nd, Mr. Hamilton sent me another imma- 

 ture Iceland Gull, shot on the 20th, and the head, wing, and leg of a 

 third which he had procured a short time before and had thrown away. 

 I submitted the head, wing, and leg to Mr. R. Warren of Ballina, who 

 says they belong to an Iceland Gull of the second year. Then, on the 

 3rd of March, I received from Carrick, Co. Donegal, a fourth Iceland 

 Gull also in immature plumage. This bird measured 21 inches, wing 15 

 inches, and had been shot so long that it could not be preserved. From 

 these six occurrences we may assume that there was a flight of Glaucous 

 and Iceland Gulls on our north-west coast in February. [These are the 

 birds referred to by Mr. Hamilton in the Field for February 27th and 

 March 5th.]— Robert Patterson, Belfast." 



Goosander (Mer^s merganser) in vStrangford Lough. On the 

 3rd March a fine male Goosander in full plumage was sent up from 

 Strangford Lough, Co. Down. In the north-east of Ireland this bird is 

 decidedly rare, and the present occurrence, so late in the season, is 

 worth recording. — Robert Patterson. 



