White Swallow at Coleraine

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White Swallow at Coleraine Author(s): Samuel Henry Source: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 6, No. 7 (Jul., 1897), p. 200 Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25521257 . Accessed: 14/06/2014 08:38 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd. is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Irish Naturalist. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 62.122.73.17 on Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:38:14 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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White Swallow at ColeraineAuthor(s): Samuel HenrySource: The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 6, No. 7 (Jul., 1897), p. 200Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25521257 .

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200 The Irish Naturalist. (JulY, ?897.

NO TES

ZOOLOGY.

INSECTS.

Cupido minima near 8allyshannon. I captured a Little Blue butterfly (Cupido minima) at Brownhall the

other day, the only one I have ever seen in Co. Donegal.

W. A. HAMITTON.

MOLLUSCA.

Land and Freshwater Mollusca from Co. Westmeath.

Whilst collecting Mollusca this spring in the neighbourhood of

Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath, I obtained a few specimens of Helix arbus/orum, which has not, I believe, been yet recorded from this part of Ireland. The other shells taken, of which Dr. Scharff kindly named all about which I was uncertain, were

Vierina pe/ltcid/a. Hyalinia ce//aria, H. alliaria, H nitidula, H. pura, H radiatusa, H. ni/ida,

H. crystall/na, H. fulva.

Helix aspersa, H. nemoralis, H. hortenssis, H. rufescens, H. his.pida, H. virjata,

H. ericetorum, H. rotundata, H. rupestris, H. pju/chiela. Cochlicopa lubriea, Pupa cylindracea, Vertigo pygnma, V: antivertigo, Ba/ia

perversa, Clausi/ia rugosa, Carychkim minimum, Succinea elegans, S. putris.

Litnewa peregra, L. stagna/is, L. palustris, L. trncatula. Physafontina/is, Aplexia kypnorum. Planorbis marginatus, P. coronatus, P. contortus, P. s irorbis, P. vortex, P.

erista, P. allis.

Bythinia tenttaetlata, Ancylus jfuviadtli, A. lacustris, rerit/a fiuviatlis, Va/vata eristata, V piscinais, Shaeri/m corneum, Pisidiutn amnicuen, Anodonta cyguea.

G. P. FARRAN.

JIRDS

Whlte Swallow at Coleralne. In a back number of the Irish Naturalist the appearance of a White

Swallow in a field near Limerick was noted. In the summer of last year I saw a similar bird being chased by other swallows at the Salmon Leap,

Coleraine.

It came suddenly on the scene, was pursued by the others for a few minutes, and disappeared as suddenly. Its forked tail and white colour attracted my attention, as I had never previously seen such a bird

SAMTIZL. IIZNRY.

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