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Co. Kerry. — Mr. J. C. Parker, of Winchester, informs me 

 that Martens are still fairly numerous on Lord Kenmare's 

 property. Mr. J. Charney, of Portarlington, writes that while 

 out shooting he once came across a Marten at Glenbeigh House, 

 midway between Rosteigh Harbour and the Hotel at Rosbeigh. 

 I got four skins .... from ■ Monghalevane' in the ' Black Valley' 

 between Killorglin and Kenmare, at the southern side of the 

 Reeks of Killarney, and I have heard that at one time, some 

 fifteen years since, no fewer than sixty skins were got for the 

 late Mr. Herbert, of Muckross, in the same place ; the throat-fur 

 being a creamy yellow .... I have seen more of their skins at the 

 house of the MacGillycuddy of the Reeks, but I never saw one 

 alive, except on the occasion mentioned above— that is, a wild 

 specimen." Mr. T. Longworth Dawes informs me that he has 

 seen skins from this county. Mr. W. F. de V. Kane, writing from 

 Ardtully, Kenmare (June 25th, 1893), states that " I hear there 

 are Marten-cats frequently to be seen here in the woods." 



Co. Cork. — Capt. J. J. Dunne has met with the Marten in 

 this county, but gives no exact locality nor date. Mr. E. G. Pen- 

 nington writes : — " I met with the animal at Killarney about 

 1863. I had taken down some otter-hounds to hunt the country, 

 and, when in a very remote part of the mountains, came on a very 

 hot drag, which led us away towards some high rocks, in which a 

 Marten took refuge, but not before we had run him well in view 

 for some distance. I have no doubt that in that remote and 

 savage region the Marten still holds his own." 



CONNAUGHT. 



Co. Sligo. — There is a specimen from this county in the 

 Dublin Museum of Science and Art. Mr. H. Lyster Jameson 

 writes (March 26th, 1893):—" The Marten still abounds in the 

 Ben Bulben range in Co. Sligo. I saw unmistakeable signs 

 of its presence in the caves of Gleniff, and the boy we took for a 

 guide knew the animal well. Inland, at Markree Castle (the seat 

 of Col. Cooper), the keeper has met with it, but thinks he has 

 by this time exterminated it." 



Co. Leitrim. — Mr. Williams, taxidermist, Dublin, had a 

 specimen from Manorhamilton in 1892. In reply to a letter of 

 enquiry, Mr. J. G. Phillips, of Manorhamilton, writes (Dec. 30th, 

 1892) : — " The Marten-cat is fairly plentiful here. The speci- 



