314 The Irish Naturalist. December, 



Rev. G. Foster— Irish Butterflies and Moths ; Butterflies and Moths 

 collected iu Brittany last July, W. H. Gai<i,way — Living Green Lizard, 

 etc. W. A. Grekn— Mounted Birds, etc. Rkv. W.F.Johnson, F.K.S.— 

 Rare Irish Beetles. D. E. L,owry— A large Pike, mounted. H. Lamont 

 Orr— Nest of Bullfinch. JamES Orr — Sea Urchins from Bundoran. 

 ROBKRT Patterson, M.R.I. A. — Nest of Goldfinch ; Living Bat. George 

 E. ReiIvT.y— Nest of Magpie. Prof. Gregg W11.SON, D.Sc, M.R.I. A.— 

 Specimens illustrating adaptation to environment. W. H. Workman, 



M.B.O.U Algerian Bird-skins. MisS M. K. Andrews — Microscopic 



Sections of Rocks near the junction of Granite and Silurian, Glen River, 

 Newcastle, Co. Down. Robert BeIvI. — Liassic Cephalopoda from Water- 

 loo, Larne ; the new Irish mineral Dopplerite, from the peat of Shiggan 

 Bog. F. C. Forth, A. R.C.Sc. I. —Geological Specimens and Models of 

 Crystals. George C Gough, A R.C.Sc— Sections of Fossil Plants, 

 Cr3'stals and Rocks ; Shells of Gastropods cut to show interior; Fossils 

 (fish, crabs, etc.), and minerals used as ornaments, and Precious Stones. 

 Miss Andrews — Very fine flax thread spun at Comber at the end of the 

 i8th century. W. & G. Baird, Ltd. — Photo-process Blocks in all stages 

 of manufacture. F. J. BiGGER, M.R.I. A — Irish Straw Cro.^^ses ; Photo- 

 graphs of Donegal peasant life. C. M. Cunningham, L D.vS. — Exhibit of 

 Electrotyping and Plating with home-made appliances. ROBERT Day, 

 M.R.I.A. — " Table book " with illuminated title, enclosing an autograph 

 letter from Charlotte, Duchess of Richmond, to Earl O'Neill, July 12, 

 1586 ; Oliver Cromwell's Belt Pistol ; Ancient Irish spirally twisted Silver 

 Tore with loop and knot attachment, &c., &c. Mrs. W.J. Fennei,!, — 

 Model of the High Cross of Monasterboice ; Model of the O'Kelly Seal 

 found in Kilconnell Abbe}^ W. J. Fennei^E, M.R.I.A.I. — Facsimiles of 

 the famous Liniavady Gold Ornaments, kindly lent by Edmond Johnson, 

 Jeweller, Dublin. F. C. Forth, A.R.C vSc.L — Sketches showing natural 

 flowers and foliage applied to Art Decorative work. Wieeiam Gray, 

 M.R.I.A. — Photographs taken on the Summer Excursions. Robert 

 May — A Bronze Lamp found in peat bog near Ballymoney W. P". 

 M'Kinney — An Irish Quern ; Gum from New Zealand. Mrs. Riddee — 

 Irish-made Toys from Ballycastle To}^ Industry (Irish Models, Cottage 

 Furniture, Farming Uteusib, Carts, etc.). Adam Speers, B.Sc — Miscel- 

 laneous. J. ViNYCOMB, M.R.I.A.— Heraldic vShields ; Heraldic Seals; 

 Bookplates ; 19 Photographs of Addresses presented to Their Majesties 

 in Belfast. R. Weech— Photographs of the Sheephaven and Mulroy 

 districts, N. Donegal. 



DUBLIN NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



September 26.— Excursion to Oedbawn.— A party of sixteen took 

 the i.o o'clock steam tram to Tallaght, whence they walked to Oldbawn 

 Bridge, on the Dodder. Here Mr. Praeger, who conducted, briefly 

 pointed out the features of the neighbourhood. The river has cut a 

 broad terraced valley in the boulder-clay, and is now cutting sometimes 

 through its own gravel terraces, sometimes through the solid drift. The 



