Additions to the Shell-Fauna of CorkAuthor(s): R. A. PhillipsSource: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 2, No. 7 (Jul., 1893), p. 200Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25520426 .

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200 The Irisk NaturalisL*

MOLL USCA.

Acldttlons to the Shell-fauna of Cork.-Judging from Dr.

Scharffs useful and interesting list of Irish Land and Freshwater Mol lusca (I. N. vol. i.) the records of additional species from this district since the publication of Mr. Humphrey's list in I843, must be few and far between. I, therefore, record the following species, taken by myself during the past year within a radius of twenty miles from Cork city, none of whlch were included by Mr. Humphrey's in his enumeration of fifty nine species:-Hyalinia draparnaudi occurs in my own and other gardens. I had taken it to be a large form of H. cellaria, until, on my sending a specimen to Dr. Scharff, he identified it at once as H. draparnaudi. H.

pura, H. crystalli?a, and H. fulva, are plentiful in the woods at Glanmire. H. nitida occurs in a marsh at Whitegate. 17. alliaria var. viridula occur-s in some plenty near Roche's Point, at which station the type seems to be absent. Hedixpygmwa and H. acuesata are frequent in the neighbourhoods of Whitegate and Glanmire. Vertigo pygmea, at Roche's Point, Cork Beg, and Ovens. V. antivertigo, in a marsh at Whitegate. (V. angustior and Succinea oblonga have both been recorded from the south of the county). Caryckium minimum is abundant in woods and marshes. Limnaea auricu lana was recorded doubtfully by Mr. Humphreys; my specimens, taken from the lough of Cork, have been verified by Dr. $charff. Planorbis cnista occurs in Bennett's lough, near Mayfield, and in streams in Cork Park, along with Valvata crisata already recorded (I. N., vol. ii., p. II2). The variety a/ba of Acme lineata seems as plentiful in Lota wood, Glan mire, as the type. I hope, later on, when time permits me to study our slugs and bivalves, to make at least a few other additions to our loca] list.-R. A. PixiripS, Ashburton, Cork.

Testacella scutulum, Sow.-Mr. W. F. de V. Kane has recently discovered this rare species in his garden at Kingstown. This is the first record for the County Dublin, and the third for Ireland, it having pre viously been found in Louth and Waterford. Mr. Kane mentioned to me that he had also found specimens of a Testacela in Drumreaske de

mesne, Co. Monaghan, but he was not sure what species it belonged to.-R. F. ScHARFF, Dublin.

FIS HE S.

Basking-Shark (Selache maxima) on the Sligo Coast.

On the 5th inst. a splendid specimen of the Basking-Shark became en tangled in the salmon-net of Mr. Kilgallan, at Aughriss, Co. Sligo, a short distance off the pier,Nand after a desperate struggle, in which it caused great damage to the net and ropes, was, by the united efforts of four boats, turned into shallow water on the sandy beach, where it was killed. The great fish was evidently full-grown, for it measured thirty feet in length.-ROBnER WARREN, Moyriew, Ballina.

BIRDS.

Continental White Wagtall (Mwotacilla alba) In Co. Mayo. On the 29th of April, when on the Island of Bartragh, Killala Bay, with Mr. H. Scroope, Junior, and his brother, we observed a Wagtail, having such a large patch of white on the sides of its neck and throat as to attract our attention, and on a nearer approach, the light grey back proved it to be the rare MotaciZla a/ba. It flew off and joined another some yards distance, and having my gun, I secured one, which proved to be a fine adult male in perfect plumage.

Mr. H. Scroope, who visited Downpatrick Head a few days after, saw another bird near the ruins on the Head.- RoBERT WARREN, MOyvieW., Ballina.

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