624 Scientific Proceedings, Royal Dublin Society. 
CENTRE No. 7. 
Mr. A. G. More informs me, on the authority of Mrs. Battersby, 
of Rathowen, that squirrels were set free at Donore, Multifarn- 
ham, by Miss Nugent, but are thought to have been all killed by 
cats. This may not have been the case, as it is not easy to 
account for a specimen received by Mr. Williams, from a locality 
so far out of range as Mullingar, except on the hypothesis of a 
separate introduction in Westmeath. 
CENTRE No. 8. 
In the Zoologist for July, 1877, the squirrel is reported from 
Drummonaghan wood, Ramelton, county Donegal; Mr. Mahony 
states that he saw it there in 1875. This locality was so entirely 
out of range and so unexpected, that [ asked my friend, Mr. H. 
C. Hart (late naturalist to H.M.S. Discovery), to institute inquiries 
for me. Mr. Hart is well acquainted with the whole of Done- 
gal, having explored most of it on botanical excursions, and to 
him the occurrence of a wild squirrel near Ramelton was quite 
a surprise. From a letter which Mr. Hart has received from Dr. 
Patterson, of Ramelton, it would appear that the late Lord George 
Hill kept some tame squirrels at Ballyarr, near Ramelton, and it 
is probable these escaped to Drummonaghan wood, and were seen 
by Mr. Mahony. They do not yet appear to have increased, and 
only three were seen. This centre of introduction has, therefore, 
no red area around it. (See map.) 
CENTRE No. 9. 
In the guide to Belfast, published on the occasion of the visit 
of the British Association in 1874, by the members of the Belfast 
Naturalists’ Field Club, it is stated :— 
“That the squirrel, though a doubtful native, frequents woods in 
several places, and seems to be gradually spreading and increasing 
in suitable localities. It has, within the past few years, established 
itself at Shane’s Castle, and it has been observed near Crumlin.” 
Both these localities are in Antrim, and the following may also 
be added for that county—Lisburn, Glenavy, Antrim, Randals- 
town, Moneyglass, Toome ; for Derry—Ballyscullion, and Money- 
more ; for 'yrone—Cookstown, Stuart Hill, Stewartstown, and 
Dungannon. Mr. Williams has received a specimen from Glass- 
