1904. Parkkr. — Notes 071 the Birds of Loiigh Derg. 153 



Black-backed Gull sitting hard on a bare reef of rocks, 

 forming a small island. The nest was only about eight 

 inches above water-level, and contained three eggs, one of 

 them just hatched out, the chick in another breaking the 

 shell. On June 11 I took one of the young birds, and it 

 throve so well for a few days that I sent for the second. The 

 third ^^'g did not come out. 



The young birds had a healthy appetite, and were apparently 

 thriving well, but first one and then the other got stifi* in the 

 joints of the leg, and were unable to stand up. Both died, 

 the second on July 15. On May 13th this year another nest 

 was found near the same place containing three eggs, on 

 which the gull was sitting. 



Castle Lough, Nenagh. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include two Green Monkeys from Mr. W. F. Manice, and 

 two Green Monkeys from Mr. W. Adams, a pair of Crowned Pigeons 

 from Mr. Henniker Heaton, six Rudd from Mr. Leonard, a Tortoise from 

 Dr. M'Weeney, a Crested Mynah from Mr. H. B. Rathborne, and eleven 

 foreign birds from Sir John Maxwell. 



The Elephant " Padmohati," and an elegant little carriage drawn by 

 a Shetland Pony, are now available for carrying children around the 

 gardens. A new entrance for members from the Polo Ground can now 

 be used. 



DUBLIN SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



We are very glad to hear of the formation in Dublin of a society whose 

 object is to encourage a deeper and more intelligent interest in a group 

 of animals that is especially open to persecution, though it includes 

 many of the most beautiful and of the most useful of all living things. 

 Lady Ardilaun is President, Miss Constance Pim and Mrs. Hogg 

 Honorary Secretaries, and the committee includes several of our best 

 known Irish ornithologists, such as Rev. C. W. Benson, R. M. 

 Barrington, and C. B. MbfFat. We wisli the new society every success, 

 and shall watch its progress with interest and sympathy. 



