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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



Dolphin in Moy Estuary, Killala Bay. — The carcase of a Dolphin 

 was left by the tide on the shore of one of my fields here on the 

 5th inst. ; it was in an advanced stage of decomposition, having 

 probably been killed some weeks previously by the Salmon fishermen. 

 It was a male, 1\ ft. in length. I could not measure the dorsal fin or 

 flukes, both being partly cut away ; the flippers were 14 in. long from 

 the shoulders, while from blow-hole to end of lower jaw measured 

 14 in. ; the same distance from eye to end of lower jaw. The teeth 

 were small and sharply pointed, those of the upper jaw fitting closely 

 between those of the lower, and some of the teeth at end of upper jaw 

 were wanting, but those of the lower were all perfect — forty-eight on each 

 side. I have no books of reference by me, but suppose from the large 

 number of teeth that the animal is the Common Dolphin (Delphinus 

 delphis). — Robert Warren (Moy View, Ballina). 



AVES. 



Dipper (Cinclus aquaticus). — On April 14th I took a clutch of five 

 Dipper's eggs. Being near the spot again on April 30th, I dropped 

 down to have a look at the nest. The Dipper flew out as I approached, 

 and, on examining, I found five fresh-laid eggs in the identical nest. 

 Needless to say, I did not disturb this second laying. — T. Thornton 

 Mackeith (The Hall, Caldwell, Uplawmoor). 



Tree-Sparrow (Passer montanus) in Denbighshire. — In the Dulas 

 Valley, about three miles above Llandulas, there is a colony of Tree- 

 Sparrows. The birds mostly nest in some ivy-covered oaks in the 

 hedgerows which border the high road, but one pair, which Mr. W. 

 Brownsword and I watched on May 22nd, was feeding young in a hole 

 in an ash. This species has been observed near Wrexham, and in the 

 Ceiriog Valley (W. H. Dobie, Proc. Chester Soc. Nat. Sci. and Lit. i. 

 No. iv. p. 298), and is, perhaps, not so rare in Denbighshire as is 

 generally supposed. There are, however, few definite records of its 

 occurrence in North Wales. — Charles Oldham. 



