iio The hish NatuniNsl* J""^, 



Birds said to have been seen Inland. 



Watekford. — Starling, Thrush, Blackbird, Oyster-catcher. 



New Ross. — StarHiigs. 



Carlow. — Starling, Curlew, Wild Duck, Blackbird, Thrush, 

 Wood-pigeon, Redwing, Brambling, Sea-gulls. 



Carrick-on-Suir.— Starlings, Cormorants, Herons, Curlew, 

 Thrush, Blackbird, Snipe, Redwing, Gulls, Water- 

 rail, Skylarks, Titlarks, Owl, Duck. 



Dun gar van. — Starling. 



Lismore. — Starhng and Curlew. 

 Clox'mel. — Starling. 



The identification of birds at night is unreliable, and the 

 value of records, unaccompanied by specimens, must be 

 judged accordingly. The Water-rail always attracts the 

 attention of light-keepers, and is forwarded in relatively 

 large numbers at all seasons. 



Fassaroe, Brav. 



THE CLARE ISLAND SURVEY. 



The first fruits of the scientific work which has been going 

 on during the seasons of 1909 and 1910, and which is still 

 in progress, in Clare Island and the surrounding district of 

 Co. Mayo, have now appeared in the form of three papers 

 published by the Royal Irish Academy, dealing respectively 

 with (laelic Plant and Animal Names, Agriculture and its 

 History, and Marine Mollusca. The author of the first and 

 last of these is Mr. Nathaniel Colgan, and of the second. 

 Professor James Wilson. Several others of the series have 

 already been presented to the Academy, and are now at 

 press; namely, Hydracarina (Water-mites), by J. N. 

 Halbert ; Pseudoscorpiones (False Scorpions), by H. Wallis 

 Kew ; Arctiscoida (Tardigrada or Water-bears), by James 

 Murray; and Rotatoria Bdelloida (Bdelloid Rotifers) by the 

 same author. On the cover of the published reports the 

 general scheme of publication of the series is given, from 



