230 The Irish Naturalist. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Donegal IVIoIIusca. — The July number of the Journal of Concliology 

 (vol. vii., No. 7, 1893,) contains an interesting article by Mr. R. Standen 

 on the land and fresh-water MoUusca collected by him around Portsalon, 

 Co. Donegal. The rejectamenta on the golf-links proved to be very 

 productive. Large quantities of shells had accumulated in a sheltered 

 hollow, and with painstaking industry Mr. Standen picked out a number 

 of rarities. Although these were dead shells, he found them in re- 

 markably good condition, and as fresh-looking as living specimens. 

 The following deserve special mention : — Hyalinia draparnaldi : — this had 

 never previously been taken in the north of Ireland ; Portsalon is pro- 

 bably the most northern station of the species in Europe. Helix 

 arbustorum : — one dead shell was found ; although it does not place the 

 occurrence of this species at Portsalon beyond a doubt, it is extremely 

 probable that it will be found living in the neighbourhood. Helix hortensis 

 IS mentioned as being more plentiful at Portsalon than Helix nemoralis. 

 Vertigo alpestris : — this arctic species, of which only a single specimen had 

 hitherto been found in Ireland, is no doubt the most important discovery 

 Mr. Standen made. Sixty-four species in all are recorded. A number of 

 these are new records for the Co. of Donegal, but some of them had been 

 previously found by Mr. Milne without having been recorded. 



FISHES, 



Ray's Bream (Brama rail) in Co. Waterford. — A specimen 

 of this rare fish, caught about 3rd June last at Dungannon, was seen by 

 me at Street's establishment, in the city of Waterford, on 6th June. I 

 at once made a water-colour sketch of the fish, and forwarded it through 

 a friend to Dr. Scharff, of the Science and Art Museum, Dublin. He 

 identified the specimen from the sketch, as did also Mr. A. G. More, to 

 whom it was shown. Unfortunately the eyes of this specimen were mis- 

 sing when it arrived in Waterford. — C. P. Crane, Waterford, 



BIRDS. 



Quails (Coturnix communis) in Co. Wicklow. — On loth 

 June, while walking through a meadow in the vicinity of Enniskerry, I 

 flushed a Quail, and some hours later on the same evening, I heard its 

 well-known note in the same place. On the 2nd July I visited the spot 

 again, and found the meadow had been cut, and the Quail had located 

 itself in the adjoining corn-field. A friend of mine, in Greystones, in- 

 formed me that he heard the Quail frequently in June last among some 

 corn outside Delgany. — E. C. Barrington, Dublin. 



MAMMALS. 



The Reddish -grrey Bat (Vespertilio nattererl) in Co. 

 Louth. — A male of this species flew into a house in Dundalk, on June 

 16th, and was captured by Mr. T. Kerr, who brought it to me alive. I am 

 indebted to Dr. R. F. Scharff for the identification of my specimen. — 

 H. LysTER Jameson, Killencoole, Co. Louth. 



