^3S . Juue, 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



Note on some Seaweeds occurring on the Antrim Coast. 



During the summer of 1903 a large quantity of material was collected 

 at various points on the Antrim coast. Of this it has been possible to 

 examine, so far, only a small portion, and the following note refers to 

 the distribution of some of the less known species. The most important 

 works containing references to the distribution of the marine flora of 

 Antrim, are the " British Association Guide to Belfast " for 1S74, and the 

 second edition, 1902, and Batters's " Catalogue of British Marine Alg£e," 

 1902. 



Codium tomentosttni, Stackh. — None of the three lists quoted above 

 mention this species as occurring on the Antrim coast. It was found in 

 rock-pools between tide marks at Blackcave Tunnel, at Cusheudall, 

 Ballycastle, and Portrush, and is doubtless generally distributed. 



Chivtomorpha Melagonhun, Kiitz. {Conferva JSIelagonium, Web. and Molir.), 

 occurs about low-water mark at Portrush, and at various other places 

 round the Antrim coast. 



Halunis eqitisetifoluis^ Kutz. {Gi'iffithsia equisetifolia^ Ag.). — This elegant 

 Red Seaweed was found on 25tli August, a little below low-water mark, 

 at Portrush. None of the specimens showed reproductive organs. The 

 only Irish localities in Batter.'^'s list are the coasts of Wicklow, Cork, and 

 Clare. 



J. Adams. 

 Royal College of Science, Dublin. 



ZOOLOGY, 



Lizards in Ireland. 



I lived for many years in the Suir valley, and very rarel}' saw a lizard 

 there ; during the last four years I have lived on a range of hills 500 feet 

 over the Suir valle}' and have seen man}' lizards on the hills (although 

 I am away most of each day at business in town). Your reviewer's 

 remark (p. 61) appears not to apply to this district, and Dr. Leighton's 

 observation that the Common I^izard prefers hilly parts applies here. 



J. Krne;st Grubb. 

 Carrick-on-Suir. 



Gadwall at Londonderry. 



On 4th January Mr. W. S. Taylor shot an immature female Gadwall 

 {Anas strcpera ly.) on the shore of Lough Foyle. Mr. Roljcrt Patterson 

 kindly identified it. 



D. C. CampbeIvI^. 



Londonderr}'. 



