yo The Irish Naturalist. 



Jungfermania (Aplozia) crenulata, Smith. — Roadside, Slieve Bloom 

 Mountains, Queen's Co., D. McA., 1891. 

 * J. (Lophozia) bantriensis, Hook. — MSS. J. stipulaceum Brit. Jung. t. 41. 

 — Amongst Campylopus, in a damp shady place, on a sandy deposit, 

 side of a stream, at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, near 

 Clonaslee, D. McA., 1891. The following were the only localities pre- 

 viously known for this rare plant in Ireland: — Bantry, MissHutchins; 

 GlengarifF, Dr. Carrington; Brandon Mountains, Co. Kerry; Benbul- 

 bin, Co. Sligo; and Gleniff, Co. Leitrim, Dr. D. Moore. Later in- 

 vestigation, by Mr. Pearson, of a portion of the Leitrim plant, proves 

 it to be the var Mullerii. I am not aware that this form had ever been 

 previously found in Ireland. 



The plant gathered on the Slieve Bloom Mountains agrees well 

 with the var miisicola mentioned by Dr. Spruce in an exhaustive 

 description of J. bantriensis in his paper on the "Musci and Hepa- 

 ticae of Teesdale," published in the IVansactions of the Bot. Soc. Editi., 

 vol. ii. 

 J. (Ii.) incisa, Schrad. — Bog near Geashill, C. D. R., 1890, Slieve Bloom 

 Mountains, plentiful, D. McA., 1891. 

 *J. (Gymnocolea) turbiiiata, Wils. in Eng. Bot. Suppt. t. 2,744. — Damp 

 bank near Geashill, King's Co., C. D. R., 1890-91. Bank by the road- 

 side, Slieve Bloom Mountains, D. McA., 1891. 

 Nardia emarg'inata, Ehrhart. — On stones, side of a stream, Slieve 



Bloom Mountains, D. McA., 1891. 

 N. scalaris, Schrader. — Side of a stream, Slieve Bloom Mountains, 



D. McA., 1891. 

 Pellata epiphylla, Dill. — Plentiful in moist places in both counties. 

 •*P. calycina, Nees. — Bog near Geashill, King's Co., C. D. R., 1890. Side 

 of a stream, Slieve Bloom Mountains, D. McA., 1891. 

 Metzgeria furcata, Linn. — Plentiful on the trunks of trees in both 

 counties. 



var serugfinosa. — On the trunks of trees Cappard, and Killeigh 

 Abbey, Queen's Co., C. D. R., 1891. 

 *M. conjug-ata, Dill. — Hist. Muse. t. 74, fig. 45. On the trunks -of trees, 

 Geashill Rector3% C. D. R., 1891. 

 Riccardia multifida, Dill. — Plentiful in bogg}- places in both counties. 

 *R. latifrons, Lindberg. — J. multifida Hook. Brit. Jung. tab. 45, figs. 4, 

 7, 12. Bog near Geashill, C. D. R., 1890. Slieve Bloom Mountains, 

 D. McA., 1891. 

 *R. pingTiis, Linn. — On a decayed trunk of a tree in the bog Welsh 

 Island, D. McA., 1891, ^. Bog near the railway station Geashill, 

 Co., C. D. R., 1890. Side of a stream, Slieve Bloom Mountains, 

 D. McA., 1891. 



THE BIRDS OF RATHLIN ISLAND, CO. ANTRIM. 



BY ROBERT PATTERSON, M.B.O.U. 



( Continued from page 53. ) 



*Alauda arvensis, L. — Skyi^ark. Common on the higher grounds, 



where it breeds; frequentl}- killed at the lighthouse in autumn. 

 *Cypselus apus, L. — Swift. Common in summer. They breed in the 



church tower, and also on the White Rocks at the N. side of Church 



Bay, in compan}- with the House-Martins. 

 CaprimulgTis europoeus, L. — Nightjar. The only known occurrence 



was in June, 1850, when a specimen was shot. 



