Mr. W. Thompson's Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. 351 



XXXVIII. — Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. By William 

 Thompson, Esq., Pres. Nat. Hist, and Phil. Society of Belfast. 



Birds*. 



1. Kentish Plover, Charadrius Cantianus, Latham. 

 Three were killed in August last in Belfast bay. I subsequently 



learned from Robert J. Montgomery, Esq. that two were shot in 

 Dublin bay in the autumn of 1846 ; one of which, procured by that 

 gentleman, was kindly sent from Dublin for my inspection. 



2. Temminck's Stint, Tringa Temminckii, Leisler. 



A bird of this species, as I am informed by R. Chute, Esq., was 

 shot near Tralee at the end of January 1848. 



MOLLUSCA. 



1. Bullcea pruinosa, C\av\i. 

 A dead specimen was obtained by George Barlee, Esq., by dredging 

 on gravelly mud in Birterbuy bay in May 1848, at a depth of from 

 twelve to fifteen fathoms. 



2. " Bulla ? acuminata, Brug. not Sow./' Philippi, Moll. Sicilije, 

 v. i. 122. t. 7. f. 18. 



Procured with the last, and also at Arran off Galway bay, at a 

 similar depth by Mr. Barlee. About the same time (May 1848) 

 Mr. MacAndrew's dredge brought up a dead specimen between Pen- 

 zance and the Old Head of Kinsale. He also took the species in 

 sixty fathoms water on sandy mud, about fifteen miles off Mizzen 

 Head (the nearest land), and in Bantry bay. 



3. Bulla mammillata, Phil. Moll. Sicilije, v. i. 122. t. 7. f. 20. 

 Procured on the coast of Galway in 1848 by Mr. Barlee. 



4. Orbis foliaceus, Phil. 

 A specimen was brought up at the same time with the last oft' 

 Mizzen Head. 



5. Stijlifer Turtoni, Brod. 

 Mr. Jeffreys informs me that his collection contains a specimen of 

 this shell from Dublin bay. 



6. Rissoa ahyssicola, Forbes. 

 Procured at the same depth and on the same ground as Bulla acu- 

 minata off Mizzen Head. 



7. Rissoa fulgida, Mont. (sp.). 

 Taken about the roots of sea-weed at low-water, Birterbuy bay, 

 by Mr. Barlee. 



* Correction. — For Porphyrio hyacinthinus, noticed in the ' Annals,' 

 vol. xviii. p. .311, read Gallinula martinica, Gmelin, of which species, Mr. 

 R. Chute writes to me, he has now ascertained his specimen to be. 



