44 J^he Irish Naturalist. February, 19 13. 
about. Nesting appears to be their sole object here, and as soon as this 
is completed their restless and active spirits fall an easy prey to the 
migration ' fever.' " 
H. B. Booth. 
Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire. 
Recent Notices of Irish Birds. 
Robert Warren records fifteen or sixteen White Wagtails {Motacilla 
alba) seen at Bartragh Island, co. Mayo, on April 25 on their spring mi- 
gration {Zoologist, August, 191 2).. He also notes Black-tailed Godwits 
seen in September in Cork Harbour and on the Shandon Estuary, Co. 
Waterford {Zoologist, October, 19 12). R. M. Barrington records a Barred 
Warbler {Sylvia n. nisoria) received from Rockabill in September {British 
Birds, November, 191 2), and in the same number N. H. Foster records 
an instance of Sheld-Duck {Tadorna tadorna) and Red-breasted Merganser 
{Mergus servator) laying in the same nest in Co. Down, and Rev. C. W. 
Benson records a Great Skua {Stcrcorarins s. skua) seen at Laytown in 
October, 1908. 
BOTANY. 
Rare Mosses in Counties Antrim and Derry. 
I wish to record a few interesting finds of Mosses made in these counties. 
Breutelia arcuata with fruit in young stage, at Legavallon, between 
Garvagh and Dungiven, also at Craighall, near Kilrea. Grimmia Hart- 
mani, a single tuft by the Bann below R^sharkin. Dicranella Schreheri 
var. data, several places near Kilrea. Ephemerum serratitm, grows in 
small quantities in fields along side the Bann on both the Antrim 
and Derry sides of the river near Kilrea. Hypnum fluitans, fruits 
in some abundance round some of the lakes near Kilrea. Hypnum 
stramineum, margins of lakes near Kilrea. Rev. C. H. Waddell has very 
kindly examined the above, and says the}^ are correctly named. 
J. D. Houston. 
Kilrea. 
NEWS GLEANINGS. 
F. Balfour- Browne, M.A. 
Our hearty congratulations to Mr. F. Balfour-Browne, v/ho after several 
years' work in the botanical department at Queen's Universit3% Belfast, 
has been appointed to a newly-established lectureship in Entomology at 
Cambridge. We understand that the new post affords considerable 
facility for research, of which our friend's record assures us that every 
advantage will be taken. 
