454 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
VERTEBRATES OF WALES AND IRELAND: 
CORRIGENDA ser ADDENDA. 
By H. EH. Forrest. 
Owine to the passing of my recent paper on this subject 
(ante, p. 821) through the press not giving time to submit it for 
revision to Irish naturalists—a course which I fully intended to 
take—there are several regrettable mistakes in it, whilst no 
mention is made therein of the writings of recent authors on the 
subject. Of these the most important are Dr. Scharff’s book on 
‘European Animals,’ and the Handbook prepared for the Dublin 
Meeting of the British Association in 1908. For these errors 
and omissions I can only express regret. The following are :— 
CORRIGENDA. 
Batracutans.—Of the three species of Newt only one occurs 
in Ireland—the Common Smooth Newt; the Great Crested Newt 
and Palmated Newt are unknown there. Whilst the Common 
Toad is absent from Ireland, the Natterjack is found in a small 
area on the south-west coast (cf. Dr. Scharff in both works men- 
tioned above). 
Mammats. — The Noctule is absent from Ireland. Major 
Barrett-Hamilton tells me that the large Bats taken in that 
country are Leisler’s Bat—a species not yet authenticated in 
Wales. According to Dr. Scharff (Proc. Roy. Irish Academy, 
January, 1906) the remains of Cat found in cave-deposits in 
Co. Clare belong to the form known as the African Wild Cat, 
Felis ocreata. 
ADDENDA. 
With regard to the Fishes of the two countries, it is worth 
mention that the Gwyniad of Wales is represented in Irish 
waters by a closely allied species, the Pollan; whilst the Welsh 
Char is represented in Ireland by a number of local subspecies. 
Mr. C. Tate Regan, in a recent paper (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
September, 1908), distinguishes six species of Irish Char. 
