iS The hish NaHiralist, 



January, 



those in which he has placed them.. It would be quite as fitting, for instance, 

 to style the Great Titmouse a bird of the country lane, and the Long- 

 tailed Titmouse a bird of the w^oodland, as to follow^ the reverse arrange- 

 ment, \vhich Mr. Westell adopts. For young Irish ornithologists the 

 present handbook would in any case be practically valueless, as no 

 attempt is made in it to indicate which of the birds touched on are found 

 in this country. 



C. B. M. 



NEWS OF SOCIETIES, 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



The Annual Report and Proceedings of the Club for the session 1910-11 

 are to hand ; they include as usual reports of the summer excursions, and 

 abstracts of the papers read at the winter meetings. The Report is made 

 specially interesting by the memorials it contains relating to the late 

 Samuel Alexander Stewart. A full account is given of the proceedings 

 at the memorial meeting held on January 17, at which the principal 

 speakers were Rev. C. H. Waddell, R. Lloyd Praeger, and R. J. Welch ; 

 Messrs. George Donaldson, W. Gray, m.r.i.a., W. Swanston, f.g.s., John 

 Brown, f.r.s., and John Hamilton also taking part. A poem in 

 tnemoriam is also included, and the account is illustrated by a portrait of 

 Stewart reproduced from this journal, and a photograph of the monu- 

 ment — the work of Miss Praeger — erected on his grave by the Belfast 

 Club. An important feature of this number of the Proceedings is two 

 papers on Glacial and post-Glac'al Foraminifera by Mr. Joseph Wright* 

 which are noticed elsewhere. 



THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



The Second International Congress of Entomology will be held at 

 Oxford from August 5th to loth, 191 2. Further particulars will be an- 

 nounced shortly. The President of the Congress is Professor E. B. Poulton, 

 F.R.S. , D.Sc. 



The Executive Committee propose to find for Members of the Congress 

 lodgings in the town, or rooms in one or more of the Colleges at a moderate 

 charge ; rooms in the Colleges will be available only for men. 



The Executive Committee invite an early provisional notice of intention 

 to join the Congress in order to be able to make the arrangements for the 

 necessary accommodation. 



The proceedings of the First Congress are in the press and will be 

 published shortly. 



All communications and enquiries should be addressed to the General 

 Secretary of the Executive Committee, Malcolm Burr, Care of The 

 Entomological Society of London, 11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, 

 London, W.C, 



