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that he preserved his own and some adjoining properties, extending over 

 about three miles square, to the south of the River Bride, near its con- 

 fluence with the Blackwater, both large tidal rivers. Game preservation 

 being but little practised in this county, fresh Hooded Crows, Magpies, 

 &c, must have continued to flock in, notwithstanding the destruction of 

 their kindred. The smaller number of Kestrels destroyed is not to be 

 taken as showing their comparative rarity, but beiug, as Mr. Smyth 

 observed to me, far less bold than Sparrowhawks they less frequently 

 fall victims to the keeper's gun or traps. The fact that no Long-eared Owls 

 were killed after 1870 may be attributed to the fact that Dunmoon Wood, 

 in the vicinity of " the mountain," which was their chief resort, was cut 

 down about that time. Trapping was carried on only over an area of less 

 than 1U00 acres, containing much woodland, bounded on the north, east, 

 and south by rivers and streams, and having a mountain district to the 

 west, the population being very small. The number of Cats trapped 

 within this area is very remarkable, as showing how prone these creatures 

 must be to wander away, and take to a wild, marauding life. 



Table showing the number* of vermin destroyed at Headborough, Co. Waterford, 

 during the twelve years ending 1879. 





In addition to these there were killed in 1872 a Raven, in 1876 a Hen 

 Harrier, in 1877 two Peregrines and a Merlin, and in 1878 a Merlin and 

 a Hen Harrier. — R. J. Ussher (Cappagh, Co. Waterford). 



Asiatic Lepidoptera. — The publication is announced of the first part 

 of ' The Butterflies of India, Burmah, aud Ceylon,' by Major G. F. 

 Marshall, R.E., and L. de Niceville. The illustrations, drawn by native 

 artists, under the direction of Mr. Wood-Mason, have been accurately 

 reproduced in chromo-lithography by Messrs. West, Newman & Co. 



