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this handsome butterfly in the garden of Mr. J. M. Watters, and shortly 

 afterwards another made its appearance in a different part of the town. 

 It is several years since I have seen it here. — Rev. W. F. Johnson, 

 Armagh. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Limax flavus in The West of IrEEAND. In the Irish Naturalist 

 for last month, Dr. Scharff, in his interesting paper on our Land and 

 Freshwater Mollusca, says that he "has not met with Luna x flavus on 

 the west coast." I have to record it from Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, where 

 it is found in the larders and pantries of several of the bathing lodges, 

 causing no small disgust when found in the bread crocks. Z. flavus was 

 not included in those I mentioned and sent to Dr. Scharff, as I have never 

 got it here at Moy View. I have heard that it is numerous at Glen Lodge, 

 the residence of Mr. A. Ormsby, near Ballina, but I have not seen it from 

 that locality. — Amy Warren, Moy View, Ballina. 



BIRDS. 



Occurrence of the Wood-wren (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) in Co. 



Wexford. In the last issue of the Irish Naturalist, Mr. C. B. Moffat 

 asks if the Wood-wren has ever been known to occur in the Co. Wexford. 

 It has never, to my knowledge, been either obtained in or reported from 

 this county, and its addition to our list by my friend Mr. Moffat is very 

 welcome. — G. E- H. Barrett-Hamilton. 



IvONG-EARED Owe (Asio otus). On April loth, while walking through 

 a thick wood, in a particularly shady and dark part, I noticed a fine spe- 

 cimen of the Ivong-eared Owl perched on a fir-tree. Searching the locality 

 carefully, the nest, evidentl}' one formerly occupied by a Hooded Crow, 

 was discovered in the ivy covering the trunk of a larch. One ^g^,, of a 

 dirty white, lay in it: it measured 1.75 inch x 1.40 inch (long and 

 short diameters), and contained a young one almost completely hatched. 

 I have never seen this bird in Co. Cork before, and do not know whether 

 its occurrence here is rare or not. — G. E. Donovan, Timoleague, Co. Cork. 



[According to Mr. A. G. More this bird is common and resident through- 

 out the country. — Eds.] 



ICEEAND GuEE (Larus leucopterus) in KinsaeE Harbour. It may 

 be of interest that I observed an immature specimen of the Iceland Gull 

 in Kinsale Harbour, on May 15th among some Herring Gulls. — H. 

 L/Cyborne Popham (in Zoologist for July). 



Ivory Guee (Larus eburneus) in Dubein. — In the Zoologist for July, 

 Mr. R. Warren expresses his opinion that the Gull recorded in the June 

 number of that journal (and /. N., p. 83), was an Iceland Gull, and not an 

 Ivory Gull, and states his reasons. 



Ruddy Sheedrake (Tadorna rutila) in Co. Donegae. In the 

 Zoologist for August, Mr. J. Steele Elliott records having received a female 

 Ruddy Sheldrake from Co. Donegal. It was shot at the end of June last, 

 and was one of a flock of twenty. The locality is not given. 



Shoveeeer (Spatula clypeata) Breeding in Co. WestmeaTh. In 

 the Zoologist for August, a note is contributed by Mrs. Francis J. Battersby, 

 recording the nest of a Shoveller with eight eggs in a field near Glen 

 Lough, Rathowen, Co. Westmeath. 



The Corn-Crake (Crex pratensis). I wonder if any readers can 

 record such disastrous consequences to Corncrakes' nests as fell to my 

 experience this year. Within a circle of a quarter-mile radius I found 

 seven nests with from nine to twelve eggs in each. They were all on 

 land being depastured by cattle. Of these No. i was early destroyed, a 

 cow having lain upon it. No. 2 was trodden down by cattle when birds 

 were almost hatched. No. 3 suffered same fate. No. 4 I lost all trace of. 

 No. 5, young birds safely brought out. No. 6, I did not actually see 



