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those at Dog's Bay, Galway ; they contain many Vertigo angnstior and 

 other small species. These deposits and the dune hollows are full of 

 wind-sifted shells, chiefly Vertigoes. Careful sieving by very fine silk 

 sieves revealed a quantity of jaws and leg bones of mice. 



On Tuesday morning the members left Rosapenna, and drove through 

 Mulroy demesne, and a useful hour was spent collecting at Cratlagh. 

 Lunch was ready when the party reached Milford, after which they pro- 

 ceeded to Rathmullan, and crossed Lough Swilly, and a special train 

 conveyed them to Londonderry, whence the fine dining car express cf 

 the Northern Counties Company brought them back to Belfast. 



A good deal of material was collected by both zoologists and botanists 

 which is not yet worked out. The botanists noted the abundance of 

 Lastrea amiila and Osiminda regalis, and Botrychuini Ltmaria was found. 

 Among other species noted were Sedum Rhodiola and Lithospernmni at-vense. 

 Fifty-nine species of birds were observed, including the Tree-creeper, 

 Dunlin (in full breeding plumage), and a colouj^ of a hundred pairs of the 

 Common Gull. The strands yielded good gatherings of Foraminifera, 

 and many higher groups of invertebrates ; the sand-dunes bones of many 

 wild and domestic animals, and mollusca, in the kitchen-middens. Ray 

 Wood yielded a good haul of land-shells, including Liviax cinereo-niger. 

 Helix lamellata and Hyalinia excavata. The full results obtained in some 

 of the groups in which collecting was done will appear in the Irish 

 Naturalist subsequently. 



August i. — Larne Marine Laboratory.— Over fifty members and 

 friends avssembled at Larne Harbour on the arrival of the 2.15 train from 

 Belfast. The chief object of the excursion was to give the members of 

 the Field Club an opportunity of inspecting the work and working 

 methods of the Ulster Fisheries and Biology Association. The party 

 was divided into three groups : the first went for a trip up Larne 

 Lough in the Association's steam launch ' Mysis,' under the care of W. 

 Rankin, who was in charge of the launch for the day ; the second 

 visited the Larne gravels, under the guidance of the President (W. J . 

 Fennell, M.R.I.A.I.); while the third went straight to the Biological 

 Station of the Association, where the Hon. Director (Professor Gregg 

 Wilson, D.Sc.) explained the various objects of interest arranged in the 

 shelves in the laborator}', as well as the different nets and apparatus in 

 use. The routine work of the place was explained, and it was mentioned 

 that physical and meteorological observations are regularly made, in 

 addition to those on the structure, habits, and distribution of animals. 

 The various kinds of apparatus made use of were demonstrated ; and 

 special interest was shown in the incubator that is used in the process of 

 embedding animals or tissues in paraflSu as a preliminary to making fine 

 sections of them with a microtome. A large number of living animals 

 representing different groups of the animal kingdom were exhibited and 

 described. Attention was also called to the beginning of a museum of 

 marine zoology, and the best methods of mounting preparations in spirit 

 and formalin were illustrated. Finally the numerous specimens already 



