1906. 
Notes. 
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Grey Crow at Jerrettspass, Co. Armagh. 
When driving to Newry on January 27 I saw a Grey Crow {Corviis 
comix, L.) sitting in a tree by the roadside between Jerrettspass and 
Goraghwood. This is the first time I have seen this bird about here 
since I began my residence, now ten years since. 
W. F. Johnson. 
Acton Glebe, Poyntzpass. 
Greenland Falcon in Co. Antrim. 
On Monday, 12th February, a male Greenland Falcon {Falco candicans) 
was shot on the top of the mountain called the Knockagh, near Carrick- 
fergus, by Mr. Paul Logan. It was brought to me in the flesh, and was 
in beautiful condition. Its stomach contained the remains of a Lark. 
This arctic Falcon has not occurred in Co. Antrim since 1865, when one 
was shot on Rathlin Island. In view of the visitation of these birds to 
the west coast of Ireland last spring, it will be interesting to hear if the 
recent wintry weather has brought any more of them to the inhospitable 
shores of Ireland. 
Robert Patterson. 
Holy wood, Co. Down. 
Albino Common Snipe in Co. Wicklow. 
Early in January of this year, my friends, Messrs. R. Goodisson and K. 
C. Mowbray, saw a pure white Snipe on a bog at the base of Connagh 
Hill, near Hollyfort. A few days later my brother and I shot over the 
same ground ; but a sharp frost had almost cleared out the birds, and we 
failed to find it. Jack Snipe have been unusually abundant this season ; 
out of 108 birds obtained, 30 belonged to this species. As a rule, we have 
shot less than a dozen in the district. 
Edward S. Marshai,!,. 
Taunton. 
Sagacity of Gulls. 
At Magilligan Strand, Co. Derry, I have, on several occasions, watched 
the seagulls, in numbers together, breaking the shells of molluscs on 
the hard, sandy beach, in the way described by Mr. Colgan. The gull 
would let itself drop at the same moment as the shell, and reach the 
ground almost simultaneously with it, checking its fall by a sudden 
movement of the wings when within a few inches of the ground, and 
having swallowed its prey, would proceed to look for more. Is there not 
an ancient story related of a certain philosopher, killed by an eagle, that 
mistook his cranium for a white stone, and dropped a tortoise on it? 
W. E. Hart. 
Kilderry, Co. Donegal. 
