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March, 
on the Home Bog" ; Cassida vibex, L., one in the same 
place, by sweeping. 
Hyper a polygoni, L., one in wet sphagnum ; Ceutor- 
rhynchus floralis, Pk., common ; Poophagus sisymhrii, F., 
abundant on Nasturtium ; Orohitis cyaneus, L., in moss ; 
Anthonomus comari, Crotch, by sweeping ; Apion haema- 
todes, Kirby ; A . Gyllenhali, Kirby, by sweeping. 
Oxford and Cambridge Club, London, S.W. 
NOTES, 
BOTANY. 
Amblystegium Kochii in Ireland. 
I have found this mass growing in small quantity, in a marsh adjoining 
one of the lakes, near Kilrea. A specimen has been sent to Mr. H. N. 
Dixon, who has kindly verified its identification. 
J. D. Houston. 
Kilrea. 
ZOOLOGY. 
Waxwings in Ireland. 
The incursion of Waxwings {Ampelis garrulus) which has bee^. recorded 
from many parts of England — beginning about November loth — has also 
extended in a lesser degree to Ireland. Mr. Foster has recorded one from 
Tyrone, and on January 20th Mr. Thomas Plunkett, of Enniskillen, kindly 
sent me a specimen killed (shot) near Blaney Bay, Though Erne, Co. Fer- 
managh. These incursions of Waxwings have lately occurred in Ireland 
at intervals of ten years, i.e., winters 1893-4, 1903-4, 191 3 -14. If we 
omit the records for these years, there would appear to be only about six 
occurrences in Ireland since the fifties of the last century. East Pru.ssia 
has also been invaded by Waxwings this winter. 
Robert M. Barrington. 
Fassaroe, Bray. 
Waxwing in County Fermanagh. 
The " Nature Notes" column of the Northern Whig, of 31st January, 
1914, records the capture of a Waxwing near Ely Lodge, Lower Lough 
Erne, " about a fortnight ago." This is the first record of this species from 
Co. Fermanagh, 
