THE IRISH NATURALIST 



^ l^l0utlTllT Stoiivual 



OF 



GENERAL IRISH NATUIiAL HISTORY 



ORGAN OF THE 



Royal Zoological Society of Irelatid ; Dublin Microscopical Club ; 



Belfast Naturalisis'' Field Club ; Dublin Naturalists' Field Club ; 



Cor/: Naturalists' Field Club ; Limerick Field Club ; 



Tyrone Naturalists' Field Club, 



EDITED BV 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.Sc.Lond., M.RJ.A., 

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



AND 



ROBERT PATTERSON, F.LS., M.R.LA. 



VOL. XVI I L 



DUBLIN : EASON & SON, Limited, 

 ho MIDDLE ABBEY STREET, AND 40 LOWER SACKVILLE STREET, 



BELFAST : 17 DONEGALL STREET. 

 LONDON : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL HAINIILTON, KENT & Co., Ltd. 



1909. 



