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county." It is also mentioned by the late Col. J. Whyte. Major 

 Hamilton, of Ballintra, informs me that in one year, between 

 1865 and 1870, he shot one and trapped another, and he had 

 trapped some before these dates. He says they used to steal 

 plums on the garden wall, and be caught on the top of it. 



Co. Antrim. — Two were killed in Glenarm Deer Park in 

 1866, and Lord Antrim informs me this is the only instance 

 where a pair was caught at one time. About forty years ago 

 one was trapped at Garron Tower. Cookstown is not in Co. 

 Antrim, but in Co. Tyrone. 



Co. Fermanagh. — In former times it was frequently found 

 in wooded demesnes along the shores of Lough Erne, but now 

 seems to be quite unknown there. The last Marten seen at 

 Florence Court was killed by Lord Enniskillen about thirty years 

 ago. One was taken in July, 1869, at Killaleas, Lough Erne. 

 The Earl of Erne tells me that about twenty years ago he killed 

 a Marten while covert-shooting on an island in Lough Erne. 

 An old man who was with him at the time stated that they used 

 to be plentiful there when he was a boy, but that he had not 

 seen one for at least forty years. 



Co. Monaghan. — In 1891 one was trapped at Glasslough. 



Co. Armagh. — Capt. Bond Shelton has sent me the skin of 

 one trapped at the Argory, about twenty-four years ago. 



Co. Down. — It was in 1854, not in 1884, that some were seen 

 at Portavoo, between Bangor and Donaghadee. Montalto, 

 Ballynahinch, is the name of Capt. Ker's property. 



ON AN EARLY NOTICE AND FIGURE OF THE 



GREAT AUK. 



By Miller Christy, F.L.S. 



Although the early literature relating to the Great Auk 

 seems to have been, on the whole, pretty thoroughly investigated, 

 the record to which I have now to call attention has been almost 

 entirely overlooked, while the figure accompanying it has, I 

 believe, wholly escaped notice, although both the passage and the 

 woodcut are by no means devoid of interest. 



The record in question appears in the Fourth Book of John 

 Seller's 'English Pilot' (London, folio), a work which went 



