200 The Irish Naturalist. 



MOLLUSCA 



Additions to the Shell-fauna of Cork.— Judging from Dr. 

 Scharff's useful and interesting list of Irish Land and Freshwater Mol- 

 lusca (/. N. vol. i ) the records of additional species from this district since 

 the publication of Mr. Humphrey's list in 1843, must be few and far 

 between. I, therefore, record the following species, taken by myself 

 during the past year within a radius of twenty miles from Cork city, none 

 of which were included by Mr. Humphrey's in his enumeration of fifty- 

 nine species: — Hyalinia ch-aparnaudi occurs in my own and other gardens. 

 I had taken it to be a large form of H. cellaria, until, on my sending a 

 specimen to Dr. Scharff, he identified it at once as //. drapamaudi. H. 

 ptira, H. crystallina, and H. fulva, are plentiful in the woods at Glanmire. 

 H. nitida occurs in a marsh at Whitegate. H. alliaria var. viridula occurs 

 in some plenty near Roche's Point, at which station the type seems to be 

 absent. Helix pygniaa and H. aaileata are frequent in the neighbourhoods 

 of Whitegate and Glanmire. Vertigo pyomcEa, at Roche's Point, Cork Beg, 

 and Ovens. V. mitivertigo, in a marsh at Whitegate. ( V. angustior and 

 Succinea oblonga have both been recorded from the south of the county). 

 Carychium minimwn is abundant in woods and marshes. Linincea auricii- 

 laria was recorded doubtfully by Mr. Humphreys; my specimens, taken 

 from the lough of Cork, have been verified by Dr. Scharff. Planorbis 

 crista occurs in Bennett's lough, near Mayfield, and in streams in Cork 

 Park, along with Valvata cristata already recorded (/. xY., vol. ii., p. 112). 

 The variety alba of Acme lineata seems as plentiful in Lota wood, Glan- 

 mire, as the type. I hope, later on, when time permits me to study our 

 slugs and bivalves, to make at least a few other additions to our local 

 list. — R. A. Phii,i,ips, Ashburton, Cork. 



Testacella scutulum, Sow.— Mr. W. F. de V. Kane has recently 

 discovered this rare species in his garden at Kingstown. This is the first 

 record for the County Dublin, and the third for Ireland, it having pre- 

 viously been found in Louth and Waterford. Mr. Kane mentioned to me 

 that he had also found specimens of a Testacella in Drumreaske de- 

 mesne, Co. Monaghan, but he was not sure what species it belonged 

 to.— R. F. Scharff, Dublin. 



FISHES. 



Baskingr-Shark (Selache maxima) on the Sligro Coast.— 



On the 5th inst. a splendid specimen of the Basking-Shark became en- 

 tangled in the salmon-net of Mr. Kilgallan, at Aughriss, Co. Sligo, a 

 short distance off the pier, and after a desperate struggle, in which it 

 caused great damage to the net and ropes, was, by the united efforts of 

 four boats, turned into shallow water on the sandy beach, where it was 

 killed. The great fish was evidently full-grown, for it mea,sured thirty 

 feet in length. — RoBKRT Warren, Moyview, Ballina. 



BIRDS. 



Continental White Wagtail (iviotacilla alba) in Co. Mayo.— 



On the 29th of April, when on the Island of Bartragh, Killala Bay, with 

 Mr. H. Scroope, Junior, and his brother, we observed a Wagtail, having 

 such a large patch of white on the sides of its neck and throat as to 

 attract our attention, and on a nearer approach, the light grey back 

 proved it to be the rare Motacilla alba. It flew off and joined another some 

 yards distance, and having my gun, I secured one, which proved to be 

 a fine adult male in perfect plumage. 



Mr. H. Scroope, who visited Downpatrick Head a few days after, saw 

 another bird near the ruins on the Head.— ROBERT Warren, IMoyvicw. 

 Ballina. 



