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6th August 1939.

After three fine days with E. wind & a perfect morning, wind turned W. causing an intermittent drizzle, very slight, but enough to wet the vegetation, already soaking after a heavy night's dew.  Drove to Trim, but found vegetation along Boyne too dewy to sweep, so then drove S. on Bray Hill, to Summerhill, Agher & on to Royal Canal at Ferns Lock, Co. ME., where collected for an hour & had lunch.  Drizzle getting heavier & heavier all the time.  So left & drove via Donadea & Prosperous to Grand Canal at Landerstown H. (as on 4/8/39!) & swept edge of canal & parallel drain S. of same, both E. & W. of lock, for a couple of hours, but heavy drizzle at times made everything very wet in open.

N. bank of Royal Canal, W. of Ferns Lock, Co. ME.  1 till 2 P.M.
(All swept along edge of canal)
(14 specimens labelled 17/2/42! AWS)

Bombus lucorum, agrorum, nuscorum (1), derhamellus (2♂♂), lapidarius (☿☿ & 1♂) & hortorum seen.
Psithyrus barbutellus seen.
Halictus calceatus fresh ♂♂ very common sweeping.

6.8.39 cm R. Canal,Fern's Rock, cont. ME.

brabo raps 1♂ on Anjelich [[?]] W Canal.

Riverdale

in the doings + lives of everything around us + so pet so much more interest in life again with many thanks

Sincerely yours
Jane Briscop