I897-] Notes 135 



BIRDS. 



Spring Migrants In Co. Cork. 



Sand Martins were flying about on April 2nd — this is just one day 

 earlier than I have ever seen them before. I have not j^et seen Swallows, 

 but a friend, on whose correctness I rely, told nie he saw two flying about 

 his garden every day from March 22nd to 26th inclusive, he has not seen 

 them since. I have never seen them in March, and it seems strange 

 that this remarkably wild wet March should bring them and the 

 Martins earlier than usual. 



John J. W01.FE. 



Iceland Cull (Larus leucopterus) at Londonderry. 



On 24th February I saw an immature specimen of this species flying 

 about with other gulls at Derry Quay. In the distance it looked like 

 a ver}' light coloured young Herring Gull, but when it came within 

 twenty yards or so, the entire dull, creamy, white plumage and the 

 white tail without bar at end, showed to what species it belonged. 



D. C. Campbei,!*. 



MAMMALS. 



Irish Bats. 



Mr. Kane's interesting communication (p. 88) has led me to refer to 

 my manuscript notes, and I find that, by some accident, not only did I 

 omit his capture of V. Nattereri in Co. Galway, but also a record of the 

 same species from Castlefreke, Co. Cork (see J. Ffolliott-Darling, Zoolo- 

 gist^ 1883, p. 294), although both were entered in my original notes. The 

 reference at bottom of p. 37 in my paper, to Zoologist, 1893, p. 294, 

 should be Zoologist, 1883, p. 294. I regret that these mistakes escaped 

 my notice when correcting proofs. 



H. Lyste;r Jameson. 



As Westmeath is excluded from Mr. Jameson's list of counties in which 

 the Hairy- armed Bat {Vesperiigo Leisleri) occurs, it may be of interest to 

 state that the late Mr. A. G. More identified a bat of this species 

 captured in a bedroom atCromlyn, Westmeath, on the i6th of November, 

 1894. A memorandum of the fact is among Mr. More's papers, now in 

 the possession of his sister, with whose consent I forward this note. 

 The specimen was probably one of the last submitted for identification 

 to the distinguished naturalist who had been for so many years the 

 chief authority on the Fauna and Flora of Ireland. 



G. B. Moffat. 



