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The Insli Naturalist. Mav, 



taken by him at Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, in May, 1921, and 

 another from the shores of Lough Derg near Dromineer, Co. Tipperary, 

 found in May, 1922. 



Cornicularia cuspidata Bl. Walckenaera cuspidata Bl. (Spid. 

 G. B. I.). — Prof. Carpenter in his " List of the Spiders of Ireland " records 

 a single male of this species taken by himself at Killarney in 1893. This 

 is the only male that has yet been found in Ireland, but females have 

 occurred. I have recorded one from Fenagh, Co. Carlow, and ]\Ir. J. A. S. 

 Stendall recorded two females from two localities in Co. Antrim (Ulster 

 Spiders, 1915). 



Mr. R. A. Phillips has now sent me another female from Lisdoonvarna, 

 Co. Clare, which he took in May 1922. 



Oedothorax fuscus Bl. and 0. retusus West, Stylothorax f. and r. 

 (Carpenter, List Spid. I.) — Dr. A. R. Jackson tells me that we have up 

 to now interchanged the two species^ — fuscus Bl. and retusus West. All 

 previous records of O. fuscus Bl. should now be referred to retusus W^est, 

 and vice versa. 



{To be concluded). 



NOTES. 



Early appearance of Sand-martins. 



This year on March 19th (a day in advance of the earliest recorded 

 appearance given in " Birds of Ireland ") I observed, about midday, 

 a Sand-martin over the canal between Loughs Mask and Carra, Co. Mayo. 

 Two or three hours later there were five birds about. This appears 

 to be an unusually early date for their arrival. On March 24th Sand- 

 martins were about near Keel Bridge between JNIask and Carra all day 

 and there were more of them than observed on the 19th. 



I am told that Sand-martins appear about Lough Carra annuall}'' 

 in March. In 1923 they were seen about March 22nd, though not having 

 been at home in that month for many years I have made no personal 

 observations. • 



Robert F. Ruttledge. 

 Bloomfield, 



Hollymount, 

 Co. Mayo. 



Woodcock Breeding on Lambay. 



While walking on the North side of Lambay with R. Mason on 

 April 2 1st, my son, Rupert Baring, came across a Woodcock with three 

 recently hatched young ones. 



Cecil Baring. 

 Bishopsgate, London. 



