108 tHE ZOOLOGIST. 



Belfast Nat. Field Club and Ulster Fauna Committee, and the prospectus 

 gives the names of more than fifty naturalists resident in Ireland who have 

 promised their support. It is to be published by Messrs. Eason & Son, of 

 Dublin and Belfast, and the very moderate price of sixpence monthly should 

 ensure it a wide circulation. A " Naturalist " column has also been opened 

 in the ' Irish Sportsman,' a weekly journal circulating among a class with 

 whom Natural History is usually popular, and Mr. G. Barrett-Hamilton has 

 undertaken to edit this section of it, with the cordial support of other Irish 

 naturalists. It will, it is hoped, be a means of encouraging the study of 

 this subject in Ireland — a country where its knowledge is still far in arrear 

 of the advantages for its cultivation. Communications may be addressed to 

 the Editor, ' The Irish Sportsman,' 97, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin. 



MAMMALIA. 



Whiskered Bat near Scarborough. — A short time ago I received 

 a bat, which, together with three others of the same kind, had been taken 

 at rest behind some shutters at Willerby, near Scarborough, in the early 

 part of October, 1891, and which did not appear to belong to any of the 

 three species already recorded for this district. On examination it proved to 

 be the Whiskered Bat, Vespertilio mystacinus, which, according to Messrs. 

 Clarke and Roebuck, has only been recorded from one locality in Yorkshire, 

 namely, Great Mytton, a small village near Clitheroe. Probably, however, 

 since the publication of their work, it may have been noted elsewhere in the 

 county, but this appears to be the first recorded appearance at Scarborough. 

 — W. J. Clarke (44, Huntriss Row, Scarborough). 



Polecat in Merionethshire. — Since my previous note (p. 74) another 

 Polecat has been killed, and sent to me from the same locality as those 

 previously mentioned. This animal had only three legs, having probably 

 been trapped on some previous occasion. There are two misprints in my 

 last note on this subject. " A park-keeper on the same beat " should read 

 "A fresh keeper," &c. ; and, a little further on, "all three " should read 

 " al) these." — C. H. Caton Haigh (Aber-ia, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth- 

 shire, North Wales). 



BIRDS. 



Additions to the Birds of Donegal.— Since the publication of my 

 notes on this suhject, I have received the following additions from my 

 friend Mr. Robert Norman, of Fahan. I insert them as I received them, 

 and those who care to do so can add MS. notes to the original list in their 

 proper places : — Fifteen to twenty years ago Quails were fairly frequent 

 throughout the county. A Kingfisher was seen at Fahan (on Lough Swilly, 

 east side), 1890 ; seven or eight years ago they were there always. Common 

 Terns breed between the two embankments at Inch Island. Sheldrakes 

 breed on Inch Island, Lough Swilly. A Great Northern Diver was shot 



