352 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus, Gray). — On July 22nd 

 I picked up a skull on the Bottom Shore, Fanet, Co. Donegal, which 

 Dr. Scharff has identified as that of this rare Dolphin. It was fortu- 

 nate that I was on a picnic excursion on the day in question, and had 

 a car close by, otherwise I fear I should never have carried the treasure 

 seven long miles home. The spot was a little east of Bally whorriskey, 

 at the mouth of Mulroy, on sands that are only tide-swept in heavy 

 storms. One or two natives of whom I made inquiries had paid no 

 attention to the object, and had no idea to what " fish " it belonged. 

 Dr. Scharff referred me to 'Irish Naturalist,' vol. ix. p. 89, of which 

 passage Mr. Lyster has kindly made a copy for me : — " This Dolphin 

 is probably the rarest of all the Irish species of Cetacea, and has never 



been taken on the English coast It was noticed near Portrush 



some twenty-five years ago by Mr. Ogilby, and duly recorded in 

 ' The Zoologist.' More recently Mr. Barrett-Hamilton procured a 

 lower jaw of this Dolphin on the Wexford coast, and presented it 

 to the Dublin Museum''; to which National Collection I have had 

 the pleasure of presenting my find also. It is a northern species, 

 captured also in Orkney, in the British Isles, on two occasions at 

 least, as mentioned in ' Bell.' — H. C. Hart. 



AVES. 



Nesting of the Lesser Redpoll (Linota rufescens) in Sussex. — I 

 have no doubt that the Lesser Redpoll has nested here this year. On 

 Aug. 22nd young birds were being fed at The Budletts, Maresfield, 

 and while engaged in watching them I discovered a small nest among 

 the topmost branches of a slender birch tree. The following day (the 

 23rd) I solicited the aid of my young nephew, Richard Gilbert, who 

 very quickly secured the nest for me, and which I cannot think to be 

 other than that of a Redpoll. I do not know to what extent the 

 Lesser Redpoll is now known to nest in Sussex, but Mr. Borrer 



