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therefore he had a good opportunity of observing it. — J. W. Harrison 

 (Goxhill, Lincolnshire). 



The Birds of Ireland. — In ■ The Zoologist ' for 1884 (p. 187) an 

 announcement appeared of a proposed Supplement to Thompson's * Natural 

 History of Ireland,' and contributions of information were invited from all 

 those interested in the subject. Since that time a considerable amount of 

 material has been accumulated by those who issued the above notice, and 

 Mr. More has published a new edition (1890) of his ' List of Irish Birds,' 

 to be obtained at the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin. But as by far 

 the largest part of this material relates to the birds alone, it has been 

 thought desirable, instead of going over the whole ground covered by 

 Thompson's work, to publish in a separate form the information acquired 

 relating only to the birds of Ireland. Previous, however, to putting this 

 into its final shape, an effort is now made to ascertain the names of any 

 other persons who are able to supply notes on Irish birds, and such 

 persons are requested kindly to furnish any information they can on the 

 subject at their earliest convenience to R. J. Ussher, Cappagh, Lismore, or 

 to send their addresses to him for reference. — R. M. Barrington ; A. G. 

 More ; Robert Warren ; R. J. Ussher. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Rare Crabs in Cornwall. — I have to-day recovered from a trawler a 

 specimen of Inachus dorhynchus. It is a small specimen, with a carapace 

 just over one inch in length, — a female, with its spawn shed. There 

 is nothing remarkable about it, except that its posterior excrescences 

 resemble spines rather than tubercles ; but collectors who have not scrubbed 

 their specimens may well have been misled by the appearance of these 

 spines in the midst of the mass of small fuci breaking up, through which 

 they are first seen. It is a rare Crab in our Western Seas, and therefore 

 1 note it. Unfortunately the specimen is so knocked about as to be unfit 

 for preservation. By the favour of Mr. G. T. Tregelles I recovered, on 

 March 15th, from one trawler, which had been fishing in the deep water in 

 the Bristol Channel, between Trevose Head and Lundy Island, these spe- 

 cimens : — Galathea strigosa ; Inachus dorsettensis (the Scorpion Spider 

 Crab), two, both females, and laden with ripe berry ; Euronyme aspera ; 

 Stenorhynchus tenuirostris (the Slender Spider Crab) ; Ebalia Bryerii, male 

 and female. Except the Galathea, these are all of decidedly rare occur- 

 rence (or rather, it may be, observance) in our Western Seas. — Thomas 

 Cornish (Penzance). 



MOLLUSCA. 



Description of a New Variety of Limax flavus, Linn. — Var. 

 lineolata. Animal a very light yellow, ashy grey on the keel ; tentacles 



