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The Irish species unnoticed in these lists are — 



Inachus leptocheirm. 



Belfast (0. C), CUfden (W. T.) 



Xantho tuber culata, Polyhim Hemlowiiy Pinnotheres pinna. — Ob- 

 tained once in the south. 



Gebia deltv/raf Callianassa subterraneaf Calocaris Mae Andrea. — Ob- 

 tained once in the north. 



Pasiphaa sivado. — A single specimen in Dublin Bay. 



Careful research will, doubtless, disturb these conclusions slightly ; 

 and I am sure that many unrecorded species, especially among the 

 Anomoura and Macroura, yet remain to reward the labourer in these 

 prolific fields of watery research. 



In conclusion, with regard to the provisional species recorded in my 

 last paper, as I suspected, Porcellana priocheles appears to be one of the 

 young states of P. longic&rnis ; Pagurm Eblanemis I strongly suspect 

 is the true P. Ulidianus of W. Thompson ; and Portunus carcinoides 

 (Plato IX., Fig. 3, a, b, c) is a good species ; it comes very close, how- 

 ever, to Otto's P. infr actus, which is included by Bell among the syno- 

 nyms of P. longipesy Risso, from which the trilobed front and lengtii of 

 legs would separate my specimen. 



I would also correct an error in my description of C. Allmanni 

 (pp. 81, 82), in describing the arm of that species as smooth in many spe- 

 cimens : it is distinctly spined. 



After the conclusion of Dr. Kinahan's paper, the Chairman declared 

 Alexander Henry Haliday, Esq., F.L. S., M.R.I.A., duly elected an 

 Ordinary Member. 



The meeting was then adjourned till May. 



FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1867. 

 Charles P. Croker, M. D.,'M. B, I. A., V. P., in the Chair. 

 The Minutes having been read and confirmed, — 

 Mr. W. Andrews read the following — 



notes on the ornithology of the county of KERRY. 



It has always been my opinion, that the zoology of the western por- 

 tions of this country, embracing the whole range fcom north to south, 

 had yet to be developed, and that it may be said that scarcely two- 

 thirds of the species have as yet been recorded. Our knowledge of the 

 marine zoology of the western coasts is still very imperfect, especially 

 as regards the deep-water species. Thus, it were an interesting in- 

 quiry to trace the peculiarity of habits of those species which, though 

 common on our shores, and animals of the most delicate and fragile 

 texture, are yet found of frequent occurrence in deep-water soundings. 

 My chief business this evening is with reference to notes on the 

 birds of this country that are considered ** occasional or very rare viai- 



