19 1 5- Foster. — Natural History Notes from Carlino^ford. lor 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM CARLINGFORD, 



CO. LOUTH. 



BY NEVIN H. FOSTER, F.L.S., M.R.I. A. 



Having spent a few days — Saturday till Tuesday — at 

 Easter of this year at Carlingford, and obtained several 

 invertebrates hitherto unrecorded from Co. Louth, it has 

 been thought advisable to publish these as a contribution 

 to our knowledge of the fauna of this county. With the 

 exception of noting the Birds seen — and for this the pre- 

 vailing weather, cold and stormy, was not favourable — 

 my attention was confined to searching for Terrestrial 

 Isopods (Woodlice), Myriopods (Centipedes and Millepedes), 

 and among the Arachnids for Spiders and Harvestmen. 

 I also searched for Pseudo -scorpions, but failed to 

 find a specimen of this group. I have to tender my 

 thanks to Mr. D. R. Pack Beresford, who kindly 

 identified the Spiders and Harvestmen, and to Dr. A. 

 Randell Jackson and Mr. R. S. Bagnall for their assistance 

 in naming the Myriopods collected. It should be noted 

 that all the observations and collections were made within 

 a one mile radius from the town of Carlingford. 



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During the four days 35 species of Birds were seen, the 

 most interesting perhaps being a Diver, in immature 

 plumage, probably the Red -throated Diver, Colymhus 

 septentrionalis Linn., which was watched for nearly an hour 

 on Sunday afternoon as it fished in the bay. It was noted 

 that this bird travelled for long distances under water, 

 and it was only occasionally that it came sufficiently near 

 to the shore to enable me to see it clearly. The Chiffchaff, 

 Phylloscopus rufus (Bechstein), was seen and heard on 5th 

 April, five days earlier than I subsequently noted its arrival 

 at Hillsborough. 



