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slender or tern-like form of the bill, and the wings being of greater length, extend- 

 ing beyond the tail an inch more than the wings in Captain Watkins's specimen. 

 Mr. Andrews said he could advance numerous instances of opposite views assumed 

 by ornithologists. Some years since he had obtained, on the high cliffs of Sybil 

 Head, county of Kerry, a very beautiful variety of the rock pigeon, two specimens 

 of which are in the collection of the Society. He had shot five specimens out of 

 the flock, and it was singular, although much sought after, similar birds had not 

 since been obtained in the country. Mr. Blyth, curator of the Asiatic Museum at 

 Calcutta, who obtained similar specimens in England, maintains it to be a distinct 

 species from Columba livia, and names it as Columba affinis, stating that the wild 

 rock pigeons of the south of England are mostly of this kind, whilst those of North 

 Britain, and of Europe generally, are the true Columba livia. Mr. H. E. Strickland, 

 however, asserts them only to be immature birds of C. livia. 



Mr. Saunders's absence prevented his paper " On Algas" being given until the 

 next meeting. 



After the ballot, the Chairman announced that George Halpin, Esq., superinten- 

 dent of Irish light-houses, and Edward Mathews, Esq., of Lower Gardiner- street, 

 were elected members. 



The meeting was then adjourned to the month of May. 



DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



APRIL 21, 1855. 

 R. BALL, Esq., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



The following donations to the library were acknowledged by the librarian, and 

 thanks ordered to be given to the donors : 



The London Entomological Society's Transactions, Vol. II., Part VII., and 

 Sowerby's British Ferns, Parts. I. and II., and J. J. Watters's History of Irish 

 Birds, by E. Percival Wright, Esq. 



Ray's Synopsis, by Dr. Ball. 



The Transactions of the Literary and Scientific Society of Queen's College, 

 Belfast, by the Secretary. 



The Natural History Review, Nos. V. and VI., by the Editors. 



E. Newman, Esq.'s Address to the Entomological Society of London, by the 

 Author. 



Dr. Harvey's Account of the Marine Flora of Western Australia, by the Author. 



A beautifully-coloured Plate, illustrative of a Paper read before the Association, 

 by A. H. Haliday, Esq., by the Author of the paper. 



Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin, Part I., Vol. VI., from the Society. 



The Hon. G. S. Gough was unanimously elected as Corresponding Member ; 

 and the following gentlemen, being balloted for, were elected ordinary members of 

 the Association : W. D. Butler, Esq., T.C.D., and H. B. Armstrong, Esq., 

 T.C.D. 



Mr. A. R. Hogan read the following paper, by J. W. Lea, Esq., 



NOTES ON THE DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA AND ON THE SPHINGID-E OF SOME 

 PORTION OF WORCESTERSHIRE (CONCLUDED). 



In sending the concluding portion of these notes, I must express my regret that 

 various circumstances have so long prevented me from completing them. I hope, 

 however, that though very late, they may not be unacceptable. My original inten- 

 tion was to confine myself to the Diurnal Lepidoptera ; but I have added notices of 

 the Hawk-moths, as being, as to their number, very manageable, and as having 

 pretty well rewarded my search within the district under consideration. My former 

 paper left off with the Limenitis Camilla ; I resume, therefore, with the next genus 

 and species, according to the same classification that I adopted before. 



