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The Irish Naturalist. 
June, 1906. 
Large Fox Shark on the Coast of Donegal. 
A photograph was seut to me recently by Mr. R. J. Moss, of a Fox 
Shark {Alopias vulpes), caught at Port-na-Blagh last summer. I am as- 
sured that it was carefully measured with a tape, the length being 16 
feet. This is an unusual size for a Fox Shark ; about half that length 
is the usual record. 
R. F. SCHARFF. 
Dublin Museum. 
Great Grey Shrike in Co. Meath. 
On 23rd March a bird of this species was shot in Co. Meath and 
submitted to me, proving on dissection to be a female, being the first 
time the species has been recorded from this county. The specimen had 
the white bar on the primaries only, characteristic of Lanhis major of 
Pallas ; whereas the typical L. excubz^or has white bases to the secondaries, 
forming a double wing bar; but Mr. Howard Saunders notes that the 
birds obtained in this country which exhibit the double wing bar have 
usually proved to be males, while those with the single bar are generally 
females. 
Nevin H. Foster. 
Hillsborough, Co. Down. 
Birds of Donegal. 
To the Zoologist for April, Mr. J. Steele-Elliott contributes a note in 
which he records the more noteworthy birds seen in the Narin district in 
the early summer of the previous year. 
NEWS GLEANINGS. 
Belfast Municipal Museum. 
We have received " Quarterly Notes," No. i, issued by the Belfast 
Municipal Art Gallery and Museum. These consist of articles reprinted 
from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, and deal with the art and science 
collections housed in the handsome library in Royal Avenue. 
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. 
A handy halfpenny guide to the gardens has been issued officially, in 
which an itinerary of the grounds and houses is described in popular 
fashion. 
