1898.] Rka. — Fungi of Counties Dtcbliii and Wicklow. 289 



Ivachuea Hypomyces 



hybrida, Phil., var. lapidaria ' aurantius, Tul.— Ballyarthur. 



Cke.— Howtli. Hypocrea 



dalmeniensis, Phil. — Howth. splendens. — Brackenstowu. 



Humaria Hydnotrya 



carbonigena, Sacc. — Bally. Tiilasnei, Berk, and Br.— 



arthur. Howth. 



Xylaria Nuniularia 



hj'poxylon, Grev. — Howth. BuUiardi, Plow. — Powerscovirt. 



Stigmatea Pilaria 



robertiana,Fr. — Brackeustown. aiiomala, Ces. — Howth. 



Leptosphaeria Physarum 



doliolum, Pers. — Powerscourt. ' nutans, Pers. /3 geniiinum. — 



Lasiosphaeria Brackenstown. 



ovina, Pers.— Howth, Powers- Perichsena 



court, and Brackenstown. depressa, Libert. — Howth. 



Addenda by C. B. Pi^owright, M.D., and Greenwood Pim, M.A. 



Mycena Acrospermum 



speirea, Fr. — Ball3'arthur. compressum, Tode. — Brack- 



Nectria enstown. 



dacrymella, Nyl. — Brackens- Phragmidium 



town. obtusatum, Fr. — Ovoca. 



Eut3'pa rubi idsei, Pers. — Ovoca. 



Acharii, Tull. — Woodlands. tormentilUe. Fckl. — Ovoca, 



Worcester. 



NOTES. 



ZOOLOGY. 



BIRDS. 



The Observation of Waders. 



Dr. Patten's remarks upon the observation of Waders on their own 

 ground (pp. 230, 231 of this volume), induce me to add a suggestion or 

 two to his. The difficulty of observing these birds in India is much less 

 than here, as they are in many places, little persecuted ; and become 

 fearless. There are very few Waders of Europe that are not found in 

 India during the winter, and there is, therefore, a good deal of infor- 

 mation about their habits in the works of Jerdon and Blanford, Oales, 

 Allan O. Hume, and others ; and in Indian scientific periodicals, such as 

 "Stray Feathers" (long wound up and bound up), and the different 

 Societies' journals. Most of these are probably to be had in Dublin, and 

 they will often be found to contain useful matter. 



I would suggest further, that whoever wants to study the habits of 

 Waders had better leave his gun at home, and take instead of it a good 

 stick suitable to his ground and a field-glass. The colours of the glass 

 should be inconspicuous ; there should be no bright metal about it ; and 

 as little black japanned metal as possible, and it should be handled as 

 cautiously as firearms. Some birds can see a man putting up his glass 

 a long way off; and they are wisely suspicious of such motions. A quiet 

 pony or donkey on ground where he can travel will often bring the 

 observer much nearer to the birds than he can hope to win on two legs 



Chelsea, London. W. F. Sinci^air. 



