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quent in the corn fields. Cnthmum mariflmum, Beta maritima, 

 Erodium maritimum, Laniuin amplexicauk, Hypericum elodes, and 

 Euphorbia paralias were also observed. On the smaller island, 

 (Enanthe crocata, Equiseium maximum, and Tussilago petasites 

 occur, which were not noticed on the greater Saltee. On the 

 two islands a hundred and fiftj-two species were observed, about 

 a dozen of which, perhaps, are introduced. Of these a detailed 

 list is appended. A few more, no doubt, occur, for whose observa- 

 tion another visit would be requisite. 



A list of the species observed on the two islands will be 

 appended to this Report. The great island is a home for breeding 

 sea-fowl, chiefly puffins, which resort here in astonishing numbers. 

 At the south-western corner of the island the ground by the edge 

 of the cliffs and near them is trodden as bare as asphalt, and rid- 

 dled with holes for a considerable area by this species. I observed 

 rock-pigeons, oyster-catchers, herring-gulls, lesser black-backed 

 gulls, guillemots, razor-bills, shags, and kittewakes. I was informed 

 by the farmer in charge of the island that ravens, peregrines, 

 greater black-backed gulls, and a few pair of sheldrakes also breed 

 annually. At the time of my visit the birds had for the most part 

 left the island, but a very considerable number still remained with 

 their young. The birds are not allowed to be molested. On this 

 island^ which is partly cultivated, there is a resident family. The 

 lesser Saltee is used as pasturage, and contains but one cabin for 

 the occasional use of herd-boys. 



July 31. I left Kilmore early, and after rounding Crossfar- 

 noge Point there lay before me a long stretch of sandy coast form- 

 ing Ballyteigue Bay, and beyond, the low rocky shore stretching 

 south to Hook Head. On the inside of the sand-hills a parallel 

 dyke has been cut for drainage from brackish overflows and 

 salt lakes. This reaches about three miles, and I examined it as 

 well as the barren coast outside, continually crossing and zigzag- 

 • ging backwards and forwards. The plants met with were : Erodium 

 maritimum, Viola canina (Linn.), Convolvulus soldanella, Carlina vul- 

 garis, and in the canal, Zannichellia palusfris, Potamogeton pectina- 

 tus, Carex vulpina, Myriophyllum spicatum, Scirpus taherncemontani, 

 and others. On the sandy ground, about two miles from the 

 point, Ononis arvensis, Senecio jacohcea, yqx. flosmlosus, Sind Euphor- 



