1901. Notes* 175 



Constant recurrence of Night-jars. 



For the last three summers a Night-jar has frequented a grove ou the 

 opposite side of the River Suir to my house. 



This summer I did not expect to hear his jarring note, as extensive 

 blasting operations are in progress on the new Waterford and Rosslare 

 Railway exactly at this spot, so I was much surprised to hear him again 

 on the night of the 1st August exactly at the old haunt. 



F,. A. Gibbon. 



Waterford. 



Breeding of the Dunlin. 



Referring to Mr. Blake Knox's interesting notes upon the breeding 

 of the Dunlin {Tringa alpina) in Westmeath, I should like to say that his 

 description of where the nests were built — viz., "in exceedingly short 

 grass some twenty paces from the lake shore " — exactly describes the 

 positions of the nests on the sloblands at Inch, Lough Swilly. All those 

 I found were in small tufts of rank grass on the bare slob along the 

 margin of the water. The open lough (salt water) was a few hundred 

 yards away. 



When I visited Inch in the end of May last I found no nests, but saw 

 many Dunlins in breeding plumage; and noticed on t flock of twelve and 

 another of about thirty, also a number of single birds. W T here the birds 

 were single, or in pairs, they were exceedingly tame, and sometimes 

 allowed me to approach to within a few yards. 



D. C. Campbeix. 

 Londonderry. 



Bat catching flies in day-time. 



On July 30th, when driving at about noon, I saw a bat working in the 

 same way as at night. I saw him distinctly change his course suddenly 

 to catch flies. I could not see what kind of a bat it was. This took 

 place on the main road about two miles from Waterford. 



Fy. A. Gibbon. 

 Waterford. 



