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run up the Fojle estuary to at least as high as Oulmore. I have a 

 note of one captured by myself in October, 1878, of 34|^ inches in 

 length. (At p. 148, line 15, "latter" should be changed to 

 "former," since it it is B. ocus, which wants the vomerine teeth.) 



[Carassius vulgaris. — I do not know of any mention of this- fish 

 by Thompson.] 



Gobio fliiviatilis. — Add to localities : Dublin canals, and lakes 

 and rivers near Killashandra, county of Cavan (W. J. Hamilton). 

 For " Dodden " write " Dodder." • 



Leuciscus erythrophthcdmus is very capricious in taking an 

 artificial fly, occasionally snapping it up at every cast, and again 

 on a day, to all appearance in every way similar, refusing to look 

 at it, though rising in numbers all round it. I have found it best 

 to use a single small bright fly, cast very light, and as soon as ever 

 the fly lights upon the surface flick it off ; a calm bright day is the 

 more suitable : I have caught thirty-two small rudd within an 

 hour in this manner: In Leitrim Lough, a small pond near 

 Donemanagh, county of Tyrone, many of the rudd have the 

 upper lobe of the caudal slightly shorter than the lower. 



Leuciscus phoxinus. — I have never seen minnows more abundant 

 anywhere, not even in the Itchen, than they are in the main river 

 and Kellswater, near Bellaghy, county of Antrim. Mr. W. J. 

 Hamilton also tells me that they are common in some of the rivers 

 of Cavan. I think that the theory of its introduction is excessively 

 doubtful ; its scarcity is more probably due to the nature of the 

 country. 



Ahramis hlieca. — Not being found in Ireland, it seems probable 

 that the local names given belongs to A. brania. 



Nemacheilus harhatula is unfortunately quite as good a bait 

 on night-lines for large trout as for eels ; numbers are thus caught 

 in the rivers near Omagh : the county of Tyrone may, therefore, 

 be added to the list ; as also may Kilkenny, Wexford, Clare, 

 and Galway. 



Clupea cdosa? — A fish called the " craig herring" is taken in 

 the Foyle during the latter part of June and July : sometimes as 

 many as eight in a tide. This year, 1884, only one was taken, 

 which I failed to see. As it is said to grow to 5 lbs. weight, I pre- 

 sume that it must be this species, rather than C. finta. 



Anguilla vulgaris. — In our rivers eels do not as a rule hiber- 



