114 The hisk Naturalist. 



Alchemilla arvensis. — Pastures on Hay Island. 

 ■ Myriophtylluin alterniflorum. — Still water inside of Cleenishgarve. 



Callitx'iche hamulata. — Pools on Ha}' Island, 

 *]VIatricaria parthenium. — Stony shores of Inistoney, apparentl)' quite 

 naturalised ; there is a house on the island. 



Hieracium umbellatuin ? — A large colony of an accipitrinous Hawk- 

 weed, not yet in flower, was found on low and stony ground at the 

 western extremity of Gay Island, where the I^esser Black-backed 

 Gulls breed. Both as regards grow^th and habitat it resembles 

 the colony of H. iimbellatitm described by Mr. Barrington as occur- 

 ring on Isle Namanfin (where, however, I did not notice it), and it 

 is presumably the same species. I brought home roots to grow. 



Solauum dulcamara. — Little Paris Island, beside a deserted cottage ; 

 Rabbit Island. Introduced in the first station. 



Scutellaria gfalericulata. — East side of Great Paris Island, abundant ; 

 shore of Gublusk Point, and Cleenishmeen. 



Salix viminalis. — Banks of Ballycassidy River. 



S. repens. — Shore of Gublusk Point. 



Typha latifolia. — Ballycassidy River, sparingly. 



Pestuca sciuroides. — Hay Island, sparingly. 



Lastrea semula. — Luxuriant in woods on Great Paris Island and 

 Inishfree. 



Osmunda regalis. — Sparingly on Sally Island, Lamb Island, and 

 Bilberry Island. 



Of Rhamnus catharticus, which is a characteristic plant of 

 the Lough Erne islands, a very coarse form was gathered on 

 Strongbow Island, with thicker branches devoid of spines, and 

 broadly ovate leaves measuring 2 to 3 inches in length, by 

 2 to 2i in breadth ; the shrub differed much in appearance 

 from normal Rhammis, which was growing near, but inter- 

 mediate forms occurred. 



SOME OF THE BIRDS OF LAMBAY ISLAND. 



BY J. K. PALMER. 



It has been suggested that a few observations resulting from 

 an excursion to Lamba}' Island in June, 1891, may interest 

 some of the readers of this Journal. As we observed nothing 

 that would be of special interest to ornithologists acquainted 

 with the island, and as its ornithology is well known, my 

 remarks will refer chiefly to the habits of the birds. While 

 some of the party returned home after a few hours, two of us 

 arranged to be accommodated at houses on the ivSland, and 

 remained there for two nights. 



For those not knowing the locality, I ma}^ say that Lambay 

 Island is three or four miles from the mainland; has a cir- 

 cumference of several miles, and rises to a height of a few 

 hundred feet. The south-western end is under grass, and 

 slopes to the shore, but the greater part is wild, uncultivated 

 moorland, where bracken, bramble, heather, and furze figure 

 largely in the landscape. A general idea of the upland char- 

 acter of the island may also be gathered from a knowledge of 



