4532 THE ZooLoGist—JULY, 1875. 
in the truth hereof, may see the said litle head and two of the 
said Horns with the Coronets thereon, and a draft of the whole as 
it appeared altogether alive, with a certificate from responsable 
hands, and a real Relation of all the passages, witnessing the truth 
thereof, to their further admiration, at the Three Castles on the 
Lower end of Cork Hill.* 
“ Allowed by Order.” 
Hairy-armed Bat in the County Wicklow.—Permit me to place on record 
the occurrence of the hairy-armed bat (Scotophilus Leisleri) in the County 
Wicklow. I shot a fine old male here yesterday evening. This bat is now 
recorded as having occurred in the following counties: —Armagh, Down, 
Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare—Richard M. Barrington; Fassaroe, Bray, 
June 20, 1875. 
The Somersetshire Moors in the Spring—The wild moor country is at 
all times of the year attraetive to a naturalist. Birds, animals and insects 
are seen there not to be met with on the enclosed and tamer plains. The 
air is lighter, and in summer time is perfumed by the blossoms of the heather 
and furze. Numerous wild flowers peculiar to the district delight the eye. 
Then there is the perfect solitude, and the silence, the last broken from 
time to time by the crow of the black cock or the wail of the peewit. Towards 
the end of May I had an opportunity of visiting a wild part of the Somerset- 
shire Moors. Fishing was my object; but a bright sun burned upon the 
water, and sport was not very good. I soon turned my attention to the birds 
around me, and was more particularly led to do so by a splendid male 
Montagu’s Harrier flying over my head, as I was wading up the clear moor 
stream, so low above me that I distinctly saw the chestnut band on the 
under side of the wings, by which this species is to be known (among other 
distinguishing marks) from the hen harrier. The beautiful bird alighted 
on the hillside immediately above the stream, within a few yards of where 
I was standing. Carrying my eyes a little further on, I saw a large reddish 
bird perched upon a dead ash tree, which I recognised as the female; and 
in a moment or two she was joined by her mate. As I saw both birds near 
the same spot on my return down the stream in the afternoon, it is probable 
that they had their nest at no great distance. Besides the harriers, which 
formed the great sight of the day, the abundance of bird-life made my 
excursion most interesting. Ring ouzels chattered at me from the heather- 
clad slopes; whinchats were numerous, perched on the tops of the furze; 
* I must not omit to acknowledge my obligation to my friend Mr. W. S. Keogh, 
the present learned Acting Librarian, R. D.S., who first drew my attention to these 
interesting documents.—4. G. M. 
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