



THE IRISH NATURALIST. 



OF 



GENEEAL IRISH NATUliAL HISTORY, 



ORGAN OF THF 



Royal Zoological Society of Ireland ; Dublin Microscopical Club ; 



Belfast N'atiiral History and Philosophical Society ; 



Belfast Naturalists' Field Clitb ; Dublin Naturalists' Field Club : 



Cork Naturalists'' Field Club ; Limerick Field Club ; 



Ulster Fisheries and Biology Association. 



EDITED BY 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.ScEond., M.R.I. A. 

 R. EEOYD PRAEGER, B.A., B.E., M.R.I.A., 



AND 



ROBERT PATTERSON, F.Z.S., M.R.I.A. 



VOL. XII. 



DUBLIN : EASON & SON, Eimite©, 

 85 MIDDLE ABBEY STREET, and 40 LOWER SACKVILLE STREET. 



RELFAvST : 17 DONEGALL STREET. 

 LONDON ; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL HAMILTON, KENT & Co., Lt». 



1903. 



