THE IRISH NATURALIST 



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OF 



GENERAL IRISH NATURAL HISTORY 



ORGAN OF THE 



Royal Zoological Society of Ireland ; Dublin Microscopical Club ; 



Belfast Naturalists' Field Club ; Dublin Naturalists^ Field Club ; 



Cork Naturalists'' Field Club ; Limerick Field Club ; 



Tyrone Naturalists^ Field Club. 



EDITED BY 



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

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



AND 



ROBERT J, WELCH, M.R.I.A. 



VOL. XXI. 



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