132 The Irish Naturalist. [May, 



Succinca Pfcifferi^ var. reticulata^ West. 



Testa oblouga, dense striatula etliiieis spiralibus deusissimis, tenuissi- 

 mis at sub leiite perdistiiictis pulclierrime clathrata, anfracta 3, 

 supremus miuimus, secuudus couvexus, ultimus elougatus, couvexius- 

 culus, apertura oblouga, superue acuta, basi rotundata et retusa, duplo 

 quam spira lougior. — Loug. 12, diam. 4, apert. long. 8 mm. 



Claiisilia bidcntata, var. variostriata. West. 



Testa ventricosa, spira graciliter attenuata, fusca, ad suturam 

 impressam albidam plus minus crebre maculatim strigillata, anfr. lo-ii, 

 superi convexi, inferi planulati, summi laevigati, sequentes 5 et ultimus 

 antice fortiter striati, duo medii densissime striatuli, omnes densissime 

 spiraliter lineati, apertura rliomboideo-piriformis, lamella iufera profunda, 

 intus furcata, antice dilatato-abbreviata, plica principalis ultra, lunellam 

 producta, callus palatalis tenuis, coeruleus, plica (callo) basali forti. — 

 Long. 9-10, lat. 25-2I mm. 



Forma sculptura singulari, lamella infera, plica priucipali producta 

 et colore calli excellens. 



Bird Notes from North Tippcrary. 



I am much obliged for Mr. Usslier's note on the supposed Reed 

 Warbler in the March Irish Naturalist (p. 81). I am anxious to obtain the 

 advice and criticism of experienced observers such as he is, and with 

 that object have ventured to contribute a note to this Journal. I hope 

 he and others will help from time to time, and thus make the Irish 

 Naturalist specially interesting to students like myself. I am not 

 acquainted with the Garden Warbler, though I had previously heard it 

 nested iu a few places near Nenagh. Comparing the description of it 

 and the Reed Warbler in Saunders' '" British Birds," it seems to me the 

 bird seen by me last May was much more like the latter than the 

 former. 



My acquaintance with our spring migrants is generally made on 

 angling excursions, when I have no means of capturing a specimen. 

 Would it be possible to use a cartridge loaded with small shot in a 

 revolver, or how do collectors bring down their birds ? I have landed 

 bats on two occasions when evening fishing, and a swallow in daylight ; 

 but a fly rod will not do for birds generally. This district (Ormond Valley, 

 North Tipperary), is well wooded and sheltered, and it appears to be a 

 favourite resting-place for birds in the spring and autumn migrations, 

 and worthy of a naturalist's attention. On looking over Mr. Ussher's 

 paper, " Distribution of Birds Breeding in Ireland," I do not find the 

 Sand Martin mentioned in his lists. He queries the breeding of the 

 Great Crested Grebe iu Tipperary. For some years it has been fairly 

 common on Lough Derg, and breeds there. Last year I met it at the 

 mouth of the Nenagh river with young ones, at the edge of the reed 

 beds which line the lake. The Tern and Cormorant are on this lake all 

 spring and summer, and, I nm told, breed there. I have often met the 

 Yellow Wagtail on Islandmore and at Luska, Lough Derg, but could 



