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The Irish Naturalist. 



February, 



wrinkling of the cuticle. The swimming legs agree with 

 those of C. capillatus except in small details, and the fifth 

 leg is identical. 



LIST OF SPECIES FOUND. 



A = Bog of Allen. M 

 Simocephalus vetulus O. F. M, — A. 

 Bosmina longirostris O. F. M. — H. 

 Acantholeberis curvirosiris O. F. M. 

 —A. 



Alona affinis Leyd. — H. 



A. guttata Sars. — A. 



Alonella nana Baird. — A. H. 



A. excisa Fisch. — A. 



Chydofus sphaericus O. F. M. — A 



Eurytemora lacinulata Fisch. — M. 



Cyclops languidus Sars. — A. H. 



C. languidus var. — M. 



C. viridis Jur. — A. 



C. strenuus Fisch. — H. 



C. venustus Norm, and Scott.— A 



C. bisetosus Rehb.— H. 



C. nanus Sars. — A. 



C. speratus Lillj. — A. 



= Malahide. H = Howth. 



Cyclops prasinus Fisch. — H. 

 C. fimbriatiis Fisch. — A. M. 

 Tigyiopus fulvus Fisch. — M. 

 Dactylopus tisboides Claus.— M, 

 Idya furcata Baird. — M. 

 Canthocamptus lucidulus Rehb.- — 

 C. pygmaeus Sars. — A. M. H. 

 Moravia brevipes Sars. — A. H. 

 M. varica Graeter. — M. 

 Nitocra typica Boeck. — M. 

 N. spinipes Boeck. — M. 

 Mesochra rapiens Schmeil. — M. 

 M. lilljeborgii Boeck. — M. 

 Tachidius littoralis Poppe. — M. 

 T. brevicornis Lillj. — M, 

 Cytheridea torosa Jones. — M. 

 Cythere lutea O. F. M.— ]M. 

 Candona Candida O. F. M. — M. 



BIRDS' SONGS AT HILLSBOROUGH, CO. DOWN. 



BY NEVIN H. FOSTER, F.L.S., M.B.O.U. 



Apropos of Mr. J. P. Burkitt's article {a^ite pp. i-io) I 

 append a list extracted from my note-books showing 

 the months in which I have heard a number of birds' songs 

 here during the years 1910-1918. Unfortunately the pre- 

 cise dates had not been noted and consequently a bird 

 might have been credited with singing in a month in which 

 its song had only been uttered on the first or the last day 

 of the month. Further, some of the earlier or later times 

 given in the table may be exceptional and of such I cite 

 a few instances in which I had noted the particular day. 

 The song of the Blackbird is seldom heard here in February, 

 and indeed only sparingly in early March. I: was an 



