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without any information whatever concerning them. As an 
instance we may refer to the very remarkable Loddigesia mirabilis, 
Bourcier, of which Mr. Elliot remarks (p. 145), ‘‘ We know very 
little about it, the type still remains unique, and even the precise 
locality the species inhabits has never been ascertained.” 
While these lines, however, were being printed in Philadelphia, 
a collector for the Warsaw Museum, Herr Stoltzmann, was in 
Peru, where, in September, 1879, in the environs of Chachapoyas, 
he rediscovered this species, of which no specimen had been seen 
since the type was procured in 1836; and not only ascertained 
that its home is in the district just named, where it is rare, but 
also satisfied himself by enquiries that the original type specimen, 
which belonged to the late Mr. Loddiges, was shot at Quipachacha, 
about three leagues from Chachapoyas. 
_ This intelligence, made known to English ornithologists in 
‘The Ibis’ for January last, was, of course, not available to 
Mr. Elliot, whose work was then printed, or it would have 
formed a most interesting addition to his notice of this still 
rare species. 
The Birds, Fishes, and Cetacea commonly frequenting Belfast 
Lough. By Rozsert Luoyp Parrerson, Vice-President of 
the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society ; 
President of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce. 8vo, 
pp. 257. London: Bogue. Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co. 
1880. 
So many years have elapsed since any publication in book- 
form on the fauna of Ireland has appeared, that it is refreshing to 
find a resident naturalist coming forward to give us the result of 
his personal observations on the natural history of the district in 
which he resides. ' 
The text-book on the fauna of Ireland has long been 
Thompson’s work in four volumes, the last of which containing 
the Mammalia, Fishes, Mollusca, and Crustacea, was published 
in 1856; Mr. Watters’ little book, ‘The Natural History of the 
Birds of Ireland’ having appeared while Thompson’s work was 
in progress, namely in 1854. Since that date it may be said 
that contributions to the fauna of Ireland have been confined to 
scattered papers in various periodicals, and the ‘ Proceedings’ 
