Mr. W. Thompson’s Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. 351 
XXXVIII.— Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. By Wii11aM 
Tuomrson, Esq., Pres. Nat. Hist. and Phil. Society of Belfast. 
Brrps *. 
1. Kentish Plover, Charadrius Cantianus, Latham. 
Three were killed in August last in Belfast bay. I subsequently 
Jearned 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 1 am informed by R. Chute, Esq., was 
shot near Tralee at the end of January 1848. 
Mo.uvsca. 
1. Bullea pruinosa, Clark. 
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. Sicilie, 
” Ped. 122. t..72 £..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. Sicilize, 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 off 
. Mizzen Head. 
5. Stylifer Turtoni, Brod. 
Mr. Jeffreys informs me that his collection contains a specimen of 
this shell from Dublin bay. 
_ 6. Rissoa abyssicola, Forbes. 
_ Procured at the same depth and on the same ground as Bulla acu- 
minata off Mizzen Head. 
3 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. 
