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The Irish NaUi7alist, 
August 
NOTES. 
BOTANY. 
Mosses and Hepatics of Killarney. 
In the Journal of Botany for June, 191 3, D. A. Jones publi55hes an 
article on the Mosses and Hepatics of the Killarney district, A certain 
num])er of new records are included. 
ZOOLOGY. 
Clostera reclusa at Coolmore, Co. Donegal. 
On May i8th a female of this species emerged from the pupa. I had 
taken the larva at Coolmore in September last. Several fine Puss Moths 
emerged during May and June from larvae taken at Coolmore. The males 
emerged first. 
Poyntzpass. W. F. Johnson. 
A Gamekeeper's list of Undesirables. 
The following is a list of vermin killed on the Curraghmore estate during 
the year 19 12 : — 
Squirrels 
826 
Hawks . . 
27 
Rats 
413 
Cats . . 
14 
Rooks 
271 
Herons 
17 
Hooded Crows 
132 
Magpies 
81 
Jackdaws 
123 
Hedgehogs 
8 
Stoats 
29 
Cormorants . 
2 
It will be seen that the Squirrels head the list by a large majority. 
They were killed during the months of the year as follows 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
I have been in this parish for many years, and only within the last 
few years the Squirrels have appeared, and since their coming have 
increased and multiplied in such numbers that they have now become 
a terrible scourge and pest. They are the most mischievous of our 
animals — eating birds' eggs, destroying young forest trees, and becoming 
a terror and dismay to the gardener. I have myself shot a good many 
in the garden here, but shooting appears to make no difference in their 
47 
July .. 
II 
45 
August 
76 
27 
September 
91 
65 
October 
102 
7 
November 
145 
15 
December 
195 
