Badger (Meles taxus) in Co. TyroneSource: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Mar., 1894), p. 68Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25520605 .

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a very small variety-smaller than anything I have seenl outside the Channel Isles. This small variety fgures on our lists as var. Evereli (has this priority of var. miinor, Moq. ?), and it is interesting to find that Jeifreys specially quotes the Giant's Causeway as a locality for this variety Carychiumit of course was in evidence, and several Hyaliica, the most

noteworthy being H. radiaudla.-BRocxT0o TOMI4IN, Ilandaff.

A MPHIBIANS. Introductuon of the Common Toad Into Ireland .-Soine ten

years ago about twenty live Toads were turned down here, but although for a short time, one or two were to be found about the garden, it was only for a very short time, and none have now been met with. for years, This note has been suggested by Dr. Scharff's assertion (in his paper on the Frog in Ireland) that "artificial inltroduction almost invariably fails," (Irish Nattrzalis, I893, p. 3). Might I point out that the Caves of Bally. namintra are in the Co, Waterford, and not, as stated in Dr. Schaffs

paper, in the Co, Wexford ?-G. I. IH BARR:ETT-HAMIITON, New Ross,

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Our Autumn anrd Winter Vllgrants.-Rev. R. M. Miller sends us a popularly-written article on the above subject, which he recently (January 24th) contributed to the pages of the Cloumel Chrc41cZe.

The Magpie (Pica rustica) In Irelandw-I have beet:t much in, terested in Mr. \V. F. De V. Kane's notes on the former scarcity of the

Magpie in Ireland (I. N., I893, pp. 96 and XI3), as they add slightly to the notes I have collected on the subject. Mr. Kane will find a paper on " The Introduction of the Magpie into Irelanld " in the Zoologist (July, I891, pp. 247-9).-G. :E?. H. BARRTT-HAM1ITOT, New Ross.

Jays (Garrulus gIancarius) .-As Iam inwantofafewJays (both E1nglish and Irish) for purposes of companson, might I ask readers of the Iish NVat/ralist who live in parts of the country where Jays are plentiful to kindly sennd me one or two specimens, the receipt of which

will be at once acknowledged.-G. E. H. BARThHAMIi/TON, Kilman nock. New Ross.

Green Sandplper (Totanus ochropus) in Co. Tipperary. On January iith I received two birds for identification from Lough Derg. One was a DJunlin ( Tringa alpina) the other an adult female Green Sandpiper, being the first I have seen in the flesh. Its stomach contained fresh-water snails and shells.-RoBnRT PATTERSON. Belfast.

Llttle Auk (Mergulus aIle) In Co. Sllgo.-On the 27th Decem. ber, I893, I received a fresh specimen of the Little Auk. It was found alive inland about four miles from the sea, but died shortly after.

Another specimen was shot on Lough Gill on the 29th of December, and came into the possession of Owen Wynne, Vsq., Hazelwood, Sligo.-R.

M'CIXAN, Sligo.

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The Rabbit on the Irish Isles.-In answer to Dr. Scharff-s qtery (tirsh Nat., P893, p. 277), I may state that the Rabbit is found both on the Saltee and Keragh Islands, off the Wexford coast. In a letter dated September I8, i8897 Mr. M. J. Kenuedy, then light-keeper at Inishtra hu1l, Co. Donegal, stated that the Rabbit was "the only animal that thrives well " on that island.--G. E. H. BARREt'-HAMILTox. New Ross

Badger (MIeles taxus) In Co. Tyrone.- ;'J.A.B." records in Land and Water for January 13th the capture of a fine dog Badger, at Beltrix, Co. Tyrone, and remarks that this animal is very rare in the county, only four captures having been recorded in the last five years.

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