22 The Irish Naturalist. [ January, 1900. 



Ospreys In Ireland. 



• Avery fine female Osprey, Pandion Jialicutus, was shot in the neighbour- 

 hood of Cahir, Co. Tipperary, on the loth of October. It was in company 

 with another which fortunately eluded all efforts to capture it. The 

 bird measured five feet from tip to tip of wing. 3Ir. Byrne, the game- 

 keeper at Glendalough, writes to inform me that he has seen one on 

 several occasions about the Glendalough lakes this last month, a locality 

 which seems very suitable to their habits, as another was obtained there 

 a few years ago. 



Edward Wiujams. 

 Dublin. 



Rose-coloured Pastor In Co. iVlayo. 



On the 5th of last November a fine specimen of this rare visitor {Pastor 

 roseits) to Ireland was shot by Mr. James A. Knox, at Belgariff House 

 (near Foxford), as it was feeding by itself on the lawn there. It was not 

 in very good plumage, for some feathers on the back of its neck were not 

 fully grown, nor had the long tail feathers attained their full length 

 This is the third specimen obtained in Ireland this year. Mr. D. C. 

 Campbell, of Londonderry, noticed in the August number of the Irish 

 Naturalist. 1898, a specimen having been shot on the 9th of June by Mr. 

 John Hunter, near Inch, in that county : and Mr. Williams, of Dublin, in 

 the Irish Naturalist for October, 1898, records the capture of a specimen 

 shot on the 20th of Jul}* by Mr. A. Brooke in his garden near Killybegs, 

 Co. Donegal. 



RoBKRT Warren. 



Moyview, Ballina. 



This .specimen was a female, and the stomach contained a quantity 

 of small beetles mixed with a few berries of the common Privet. This 

 being the third specimen recorded this year in Ireland, we shall 

 probably hear of a westward migration on the Continent. 



ICDW'ARD Wir.UAMS. 



BOTANY. 



Flora of Co. Armagh. 



Mr. H. C Hart writes me that he has a specimen of //?"<f/'<?t/////'/ murorum 

 I,, var. pelluciduni Lse.stad (so named 1)y Mr. Hanbury), collected at 

 Dobbins' Walk, Armagh. No Hawkweed (except H. Pilosella) has been 

 recorded from Co. Armagh previously, and the species is also an addition 

 -to the flora of District X. 



R. iri^oVD Prakger. 



Dublin. 



