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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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