622 Scientific Proceedings, Royal Dublin Society. 
To Colonel Bruen’s introduction may be traced the localities 
given by Mr. F. Haughton in a list* of the Carlow, Kildare, and 
Queen’s County mammals, compiled in 1853. Hesays, “Common 
Squirrel—very rare, existed formerly in Pollerton, county Carlow, 
and still said to be found in Burton Hall woods.” Pollerton and 
Burton Hall are within a few miles of Oakpark. Squirrels are, 
however, far from being extinct in Carlow at present. Mr. R. 
Clayton Browne, jun., says, “ The man in charge of Burton Hall 
woods tells me that there are several squirrels there, and he often 
sees them.” Squirrels also occur in Russelstown Park, at Lisne- 
vagh, Lord Rathdonnell’s demesne, plentifully, at Ballintemple 
and Aghada, in Carlow ; some of these localities are doubtless of 
Wicklow origin. 
Sauirrels were seen by Mr. Clayton Browne, jun., at Abbey- 
leix, Queen’s County, some years ago, and occur at Portarlington.t 
The origin of the Abbeyleix and Portarlington squirrels is doubt- 
ful. I scarcely feel satisfied that they came from the Carlow 
centre at Oakpark, but shall include them under it for the present. 
A reported locality at Norefield, Kilkenny, requires confirmation. 
CENTRE No. 4. 
Lord Rosse writes, that squirrels occur at Birr Castle, Parsons- 
town, King’s County. These, he believes, “come from a few 
brought over sixteen years ago, from Yorkshire and Sussex, but 
which he had until lately believed to have died.” Mr. Williams, 
of Dame-street, states that he has received squirrels to stuff from 
Nenagh and Roscrea, in the north of Tipperary, and also from 
Banagher in the King’s County. These localities I attribute to 
the introduction at Parsonstown by Lord Rosse. 
CENTRE No.5. 
Ballinasloe is a well-known locality for squirrels, and on insti- 
tuting inquiries, I found that they range westward over great 
part of Galway, and have now advanced to within about ten 
miles of Tuam. Iam indebted to many persons for the following 
localities in that county—Ballyglunin, Newtown, Windfield, 
Moyne, Mount Bellew, Clonbrock, Laurencetown, Eyrecourt. 
* Proc. Dub. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. I., p. 68. 
t Mr. J. D. Ogilby, Zoologist, 1877, p. 228., 
