2 The Irish Nafuralist. January, 



The new limits of the sub-provinces are as follows : — 

 M I. — Extending from Preghane Point at the east side of 

 the entrraice of K4nsale Harbour to Kerry Head ; 

 including therefore Kinsale Harbour. 

 M 3. — From Kerry Head to Black Head; including the 



whole estuar}' of the vShannon. 

 C I. — From Black Head to the northern entrance of 

 Killary Bay, opposite Inishbarna and therefore includ- 

 ing Galway Bay and Killar}- Bay. 

 C 2. — From the northern entrance of Killary to Lenadoon 



Point in Sligo, and including Killala Bay. 

 C 3 — From Lenadoon Point to Carrickgarve at northern end 



of Mullaghmore peninsula. 

 U 3— From Carrickgarve to Inishowen Head: including 



Donegal Bay. 

 U 2. — From Inishowen Head to Black Head ; including 



Lough Foyle. 

 U I. — From Black Head to Ballagan Point in Louth ; in- 

 cluding Belfast Lough and Carlingford Lough. 

 L 3. — From Ballagan Point to boundary line between 



Counties Dublin and Meath. 

 L 2. — From boundary line between Counties Dublin and 

 Meath to boundary line ])etween Counties Wicklow and 

 Wexford. 

 \, 1. -From boundary line between Counties \Vicklo\v and 



Wexford to Hook Head. 

 ^L 2. — PVom Hook Head to Preghane Point ; including 



Waterford Harbour. 

 It w^ould, I think, be advisa])le to have some limit seawards 

 to the above divisions, as they aie apt to have little meaning 

 when one gets out of sight of land. 



With regard to the order adopted in writing the provinces, 

 it has been mentioned that Con naught has most affinitj' with 

 Munster as regards its flora and fauna, and consequently, I 

 think, M C L U is therefore preferable to M L C IT, and in 

 the former method of writing them the sub-provinces follow 

 each other in a more natural sequence, first up the west side 

 and then up the east. 



Roval College of vSclence, Dublin. 



