28 The Irish Naturalist. [ Jan. 1896. 



REPTILES. 

 A Stray Snake neat* Cork. — A recent issue of the Cork Constitution 

 records the occurrence of a snake near Blarney. The reptile was en- 

 countered crossing a grass field and is said to have been at first mistaken 

 for an eel ! It was promptly knocked on the head, a fate which meets 

 all the members of its order, which purposely or accidentally are let loose 

 in Ireland. 



BIRDS. 



The Brambllngr (Fringllla montlfrlngllla) In the Vale of 



Ovoca. — On December 8th, a specimen of this rare winter visitor was 



shot quite close to here by the Rev. J. M. Robinson, Rector of Ovoca, 



who kindly presented it to me ; it is now with Messrs. Williams & Son of 



Dame-street for preservation. 



J. Hunter, Wooden Bridge. 



Crossbills breeding In the Vale of Ovoca.— This year, 1895, 



Crossbills {Loxia curvirostris) bred in this neighbourhood. On April 1st 



I secured an old and young bird, which are in the collection of Mr. 



Harrington, Fassaroe, Bray. 



J. Hunter. 



Crossbills In Queen's County. — The presence of a flock of these 

 interesting birds in Queen's Co. is noted in the Field for November i6th. 



Stock-Doves in Co. Dublin.— On the 19th of November, my 

 brother shot two Stock- Doves {Colwnha txnas) at Carrick Hill near Mala- 

 hide. They were first noticed in this district in November, 1893, when 

 a flock of twelve remained for about a fortnight. 



J. Trumbui,!,, Malahide. ^/ 



Longrtalled Duck In Co. Clare. — I shot an immature Longtailed 



Duck {^Harelda glacialis) on Lough Derg on Monday last, December 2nd. 



The bird was one of a pair. I also shot two more out of three (also 



immature birds) on the 27th December, 1890. These are the only two 



occasions on which I have seen them since I came here in 1888. As they 



are by no means common so far south {vide Seebohm) the fact seems 



worthy of record. 



R. F. HiBBERT, Scariff, Co. Clare. 



Longr-talled Duck In Co. Wexford, — Mr. H. R, Guiness records, 

 in the Field of November i6th, an adult male of Harelda ^lacialis, shot on 

 Tacumshin Lake. 



MAMMALS. 



Pine Martens recently taken In Ireland During the last 



twelve months I know of three specimens having been trapped or shot ; 

 as follows: — One last winter in Lord Clonbrock's Demesne, Co. Galway. 

 One in the spring at Castle Taylor, Ardrahan, in the same county. 

 One this autumn at Enuiscor, on the shores of L. Conn, by the game- 

 keeper of Joseph Pratt, Esq., Co. Mayo. 



Wm. F. de V. Kane, Monaghau, 



