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siderable time to hunt up five or six. The site chosen is 

 always one of those small tufts of rough grass that are scattered 

 over the slob. The nest is nearly always placed in the centre 

 of the grass, but occasionally I have seen it at the side. It is 

 deeper and more cup-shaped than the Redshank's. The 

 neat little nest, with its four richly marked eggs, is a beautiful 

 sight. In one nest the eggs will all have a warm brown 

 colour with very dark markings ; in another the quartet will 

 be pale olive with deep gray spots. Morris says that the 

 Dunlin will fly towards an intruder and endeavour to draw 

 him away from its nest. The very opposite of this was our 

 experience. In no case did we find the birds near their nests, 

 nor did they show themselves, like the Lapwing and Red- 

 shank. Thompson mentions the eggs being found upon the 

 gravel like those of the Ringed Plover. At Inch we never 

 found them so. In every case the nests were upon the slobland. 



A VISIT TO CASTLETOWN-BEREHAVEN. 



BY DAVID M'ARDIvB. 



It was my good fortune during the May of last year to ac- 

 company the first excursion to the extreme South-west, which 

 was organised by the Royal Irish Academy Flora and Fauna 

 Committee, my object being the working-up of the Crypto- 

 gamic flora of these parts, and the obtaining of specimens for 

 the Herbarium. Dr. Scharff and Mr. Carpenter of the 

 Natural History Museum, collected and investigated the land- 

 fauna. Professor Johnson, with Mr. Duerden, investigated 

 and collected marine plants and animals, and to Dr.M'Weeney 

 fell the difficult task of investigating the Fungi ; he also con- 

 jointly with myself noted and gathered the flowering plants 

 and ferns. The principal object of my visit was to examine 

 the moss and liverwort flora, which proved to be very interest- 

 ing, as will be obvious from the appended lists. 



The following is a brief outline of our proceedings. We left 

 Dublin by the mail at 6.10 p.m., on the 26th May, and arrived 

 in Cork at 11.30. Next morning we started at 9 o'clock for 

 Bantr3 7 . The scenery on the route was beautiful. On the 

 banks of the Bandon River the Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) 



