420 Bibliographical Notices. 



we shall attain that knowledge of its native productions of wliich 

 we are still so deficient. The volume before us is published by the 

 Cuvierian Society of Cork, and forms " part of a series of communi- 

 cations on the local history of the county of Cork, which have from 

 time to time been communicated " to that Society, and were also 

 furnished to the British Association at its Cork meeting. They are 

 now published " in consequence of a wish which was expressed by 

 several Members of the Natural History Section of the Association." 

 The contents of the volume are — 



1. The Fauxa, Div. Vertebrata, by Dr. J. R. Harvey, recording — 

 Mammalia 24, Birds 1G7, Reptiles 1, Amphibia 1, Fishes 95 — 

 total 288. Vultur ftilvus, new to Britain, was taken in Cork har- 

 bour and kept alive for some time in Lord Shannon's park : the spe- 

 cimen is now in the museum of Trinity College, Dublin. Turdits 

 Whitei, Glareola pratincola and Kuncrates ditctor are new to the Irish 

 fauna. The Black Rat {Mus rattus) is marked as " rare," and the 

 Broum Rat (M. decumanns) is omitted. Can it be that the latter has 

 not found its way to Cork ? 



2. 'I'he Fauxa, Div. Invertebrata, Classes Mollusca, Crustacea and 

 Echinodermata, by J. D. Humphreys, Librarian of the Royal Cork 

 Institution. It contains, of freshwater Mollusca, Gasteropoda 54, 

 Conchifera 5 ; of marine Mollusca, Gasteropoda QS, Acephala 106, 

 Annelida 9 ; of Crustacea 59 ; of Echinodermata 26. 



3. The Flora, under the title of ' The Botanist's Guide for the 

 County of Cork,' is written by Dr. Thomas Power, and records 885 

 Phaenogamic and 936 Cr\^ptogamic plants, forming a total of 1821. 



We have thus a very rich flora, comj)ared with the whole flora of 

 Ireland as shown in the ' Fl. Hibernica,' where the number of spe- 

 cies is, Phcenog. 994, Crj-pt. 992 — total 1986. We have not space 

 to enter minutely into the examination of this list, which is so highly 

 creditable to the industry of the botanists of Cork. It is probable 

 that the Cuscuta europcca found " on flax," and the C. epilbnim are 

 identical. Orobanche minor " on ivy " is doubtless 0. barbata. Pri- 

 mula elatior : is this the plant of Smith or Jacquin ? Polygonum ma- 

 ritimuni : all the Irish specimens so called which we have seen belong 

 to P. Rail ; may not this also be the case on the coast of Cork ? Abies 

 excelsa is introduced upon the authority of the following quotation 

 from the works of the late Dr. C. Smith : " Abies mas, I'heophrasti : 

 this grows wild in the rocky mountains which di^'ide this county 

 from Kerry." That is a district well deserving of a careful exami- 

 nation, and should the botanical explorer indeed find the spruce in a 

 wild state, he will be gloriously repaid for his trouble. Trichomanes 

 speciosum : we understand that the locahty given on the authority 

 of Mr. Babington is not correct, and that he did not find the plant in 

 the county of Cork. 



In conclusion, Ave would recommend the work to those naturalists 

 who may purpose visiting the south of Ireland, and also to all who 

 are interested in the geographical distribution of our native animals 

 and plants. 



