222 The Irish Natuyalist. September, 



Dunlin breeding on Lough Erne. 



While oil the B-N.F.C. long excursion to Enniskillen in July, Mr. J. 

 A. Henderson, of Lisbellaw, informed me that he had obtained Dunlins' 

 eggs in that locality in the summer of 189S, and he kindly sent me at the 

 hotel one of the eggs for my inspection. It undoubtedly belongs to 

 Tringa alpina, taken at the " Kerrigans," Lough Erne, and Mr. Henderson 

 is to be congratulated on having placed the breeding of the Dunlin in 

 Co. Fermanagh beyond a doubt. 



Robert Patterson. 



Belfast. 



GEOLOGY. 



Some good Fossil localities in Cretaceous rocks, Belfast District. 



As the best of the old fossil localities in the Cave Hill, Whitewell, 

 and Squire's Hill quarries are now much obscured hy debris, perhaps a 

 short list of sections where fossils may now be more easily obtained, 

 may be useful. The quarry sections of course vary fiom year to year, 

 but they are all clear now. The new quarry at Lame has yielded me 

 fish teeth, Brachiopods, Echinoderms, and some Sponges, all in excel- 

 lent condition. Kilcoan quarry, Ballycarry, has been reopened, and will 

 of all the places best repay the worker ; bands of Brachiopods may be seen 

 on the new sections, with many Urchins, some Gasteropods, and Sponges, 

 the latter in very fine condition. Kilcorrig quarry, near Lisburu, shows 

 at present remarkably fine sections on the Upper Chalk, with above- 

 mentioned genera and some Ammonites. It was here the late Prof. 

 Ralph Tate obtained so many species of univalves. Of the old well- 

 known localities, Cloughfin and Hillsport, Islandmagee ; the Greensand 

 at North Glen, Woodburn ; the Chalk, Greensand, Yellow Sands, and 

 Glauconite at Whiterock quarry on Black Mountain, always well repay 

 a visit At Colin Glen the sections still yield the rare little Brachiopod 

 WaldJuimia hibeniica,\is only Irish station, with good fish teeth and many 

 other fossil forms. Workers will find the latest lists for most of the 

 sections in " The Cretaceous Strata of Antrim," by Dr. Hume, Q. J. G. 



Soc, Nov., 1897. 



R. Bei,!.. 



Belfast. 



Holaster Isevis De Luc, var. planus Mantell, in Chloritic Chalk, 



Belfast. 



As this echinoderm does not seem to have been noted in any list of 

 fossils from Irish Cretaceous rocks, I would like to record it from the 

 nodular band in the Chloritic Chalk at Squire's Hill, where I obtained 

 one good specimen. In England it is stated to be common in the Upper 

 Greensand at Chute Farm, Wilts ; found also in the Grey Chalk near 

 Folkestone, Lower Chalk near Lewes, Sussex, and Dover. 



R. BeIvI,. 



Belfast. 



