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being that he had shot it, not in Meath, but in the south 

 of France, whence he had just returned, and where its 

 occurrence needed no explanation. 



Though in later years Mr. More had to " turn out a 

 good many birds " from the Irish list, he never met with a 

 more conclusive refutation of an error than this, which he 

 communicated to the " Zoologist" for February, 1880. 



Ornithology was not among the main attractions of 

 Killarney and Caragh ; botany was here a far richer field ; 

 but above all he sought the lakes for the supreme enjoy- 

 ment of fishing. As an angler scarcely less than as a 

 naturalist, he made it his object to acquire familiarity with 

 all the best localities for Irish freshwater fishes, and 

 during the autumn of 1877 he formed an important friend- 

 ship, based to a great extent on this hobby. The new 

 friend was the eminent ichthyologist, Dr. Steindachner, of 

 Vienna, who came to Dublin in the course of a tour through 

 the British Islands, to obtain specimens for the purposes of 

 his work on European Salmonidae. Mr. More accompanied 

 him to Killaloe, Galway, Cong, and Belfast, hoping to be 

 of service in the procuring, at least, of reliable promises of 

 assistance, especially with reference to the Great Trout of 

 Lough Neagh, the Gillaroo, and the Galway sea trout. 

 From Belfast (Oct. i8th) Dr. Steindachner and he went on 

 to Edinburgh, and thence to Loch Leven and Dundee. 

 This expedition was always amongst his most pleasing 

 reminiscences, and Dr. Steindachner's letters to him 

 (usually acknowledgments of specimens sent or promised) 

 show that the feeling was mutual. The following* has 

 reference to the results of Mr. More's expedition to Galway 

 in August and September, 1878: 



VIENNA, November i^th, 1878. 



MY DEAR, DEAR FRIEND, I was delighted to get the last letter 



with which you honoured me. I venture to ask you to settle with , 



as you think best. I think the two Gillaroo, at all events, should be 

 bought, for I want them badly for my work. But how can I thank you, 

 dear friend, for the trouble you yourself have taken ? I am looking 

 forward with longing to the arrival of what you so kindly collected for 



Translated from the German. 



