138 The Irish Naturalist, June, 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include a Patas Monkey from Commissioner W. S, Wright, 

 a Mona Monkey from Mr. H. Hopkins, a Weeper Capuchin Monkey 

 from Lieut. L. C. A. Moore, a White-fronted Capuchin Monkey from Mr. 

 J. K. Bradbury, two Badger cubs from Mr. D. R. Browning, Common 

 Squirrels from Mr. C.G.Tottenham and Mr. Grattan Bellew, a Guinea Pig 

 from Miss A. Barrington, a Crowned Crane and a number of Waxbills 

 from Dr. Montgomery, a great Sulphur-crested Cockatoo from Mr. J. H. 

 Richardson, a Sparrowhawk from Mr. J. Johnston, a Goshawk from Mr. 

 H. B. Rathborne, and two Napoleon Weaver Birds from Capt. J. W. H. 

 vSeppings. A female Coypu with 3'oung has been bought. A Ringtailed 

 Lemur, a Mongoose Lemur, and a Tree-Porcupine have been born in 

 the Gardens. These bab}' Lemurs are most interesting objects in the 

 Monkey-house at present. 



DUBLIN MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



Aprii, 14. — The Club met at Leinster House. A. R. Nichoi^s (Vice- 

 President) who was in the Chair, showed living specimens of the fresh- 

 water polyzoon Cristatella tmicedo, recently emerged from their stato- 

 blasts. In some of the .specimens fresh individuals were already being 

 formed by budding. 



F. W. Moore exhibited seedlings oi Drosera pygmcea, a rare Australian 

 species. The plant is minute, not more than one inch in height, with 

 numerous leaves, and inconspicuous flowers. The glandular tentacles 

 appeared on the first leaf developed after the cotyledons. 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



December 16, 1908. — The President (Robert Patterson, F.L.S.) in the 

 chair. Mrs. Hobson presented her Report as the Club's delegate to the 

 Dublin meeting of the British Association, in which she went into the 

 details which have already appeared in the /if'sh Naturalist. T. Anderson 

 followed with a paper on the " Geology of the Dublin District." The 

 papers were spoken to by the President, Miss Andrews, N. H. Foster, 

 M.B.O.U. ; T. H. Dewhurst, and R. Welch, M.R.I.A. 



December 19, 1908.— Botanicai, Section. — Syi,vanus Weir read a 

 paper on the " Fertilisation of Flowers," which was very fully illus- 

 trated by a fine series of micro slides. 



January 6, 1909.— Arch^oi^ogicai. Section. — A. Mii.t.igan read a 

 paper on '* The Ancient Inhabitants of Ireland and tlieir Kindred." 



