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woods at Rathmullau, but mostly in poor condition, in July. Geometra 
papilionaria again turned up at Kilderry, and 1 was surprised to find that 
this beautiful Emerald frequented the electric lamps in the city. Mr. 
E. M'Court, taxidermist in our Museum, brought me a specimen taken 
from a public lamp. We took a specimen of the rare and local " pug," 
Emmelesia pygimxata, near Derry. In our gardens we found Cidaria prunata 
very common. 
We collected a large number of "Micros." Among the Tortrices 
we took Badra furfiirfana, only previously recorded from Co. Cork 
in Mr. Kane's list. We found Ephippiphora trigenimana at Ballycastle, 
also Peronea aspersana. Torlrix forsterana, only previously recorded 
from Howth and Sligo, turned up at Derry. The three local species, 
Pcedisca solandriana, Rhacodia caudan z, and Dictyoptoyx holmaniana also 
occurred here, and we took D. l<zflingiana, only recorded from Sligo. 
In the other families of "Micros" I may mention Scoparia truncicolella 
at Rathmullau, L- S willy ; Cetostoma costella and Tachyptilia populella at 
Ballycastle— the latter seems only to have been taken at Killarney. 
Then we took two Tineids, Lanipronia pralatella and Cerostoma sylvella, 
neither of which I can find previously recorded from Ireland. 
D. C. Campbe:i.i,. 
Londonderry. 
Dotterel in Donegal Bay. 
On November 30th Mr. W. A. Hamilton, of Coxtown, Bridgetown, Co. 
Donegal, sent to the museum for identification a bird that he had shot 
the previous day out of a large flock of more than 100 birds on a mud 
flat in Donegal Bay. It was an immature Dotterel {Endromias morinelhis, 
ly.), and Mr. Hamilton informs me that he believes the flock consisted of 
Dotterel, as they were smaller than the few Golden Plover near them. 
As the bird was shot unusually late in the autumn, and since of late years 
the Dotterel appears to be very rare in Ireland, I thought the occurrence 
might be of sufficient interest to record in the Irish Naturalist. 
A. R. NiCHOi^S. 
Dublin Museum. 
Fork-tailed Petrel in Co. Fermanagh. 
A bird of this species {Oceattodroma leucorrkoa), was picked up in a ver}' 
weak state, and iinable to fly, in a field outside Tempo demesne, by a 
boy who brought it to me on November 28th last. It had evidently been 
blown inland by the gale of the preceding days. It was a female, and 
is now in my collection. This is the first time this species has been 
obtained in Co. Fermanagh I think. 
ChARI^ES lyANGHAM. 
Tempo Manor, Co. Fermanagh. 
