Vol. XX., No. 12. December, 1911. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



The Relation , of the present Plant Population of the British 



Isles to the Glacial Period. — Ci^kmsnt Rkid, F.R.S., .. 201 



Irish Societies : 



Royal Zoological Society, . . «. „. , . 209 



On the Inheritance of Pitted Leaf-blotchings in Arum Maculatum, 



and on Floral Varitions in the Species.— N. Coi^gan, M.R.I. A., 210 



News Gleanings : . . ... .... . . 217 



Obituary : 



Mary ISABEiyi^A Lekbody. Richard Prendergast Voweli,, 218 



Notes : 



Entomological Notes. — Rev> W. F. Johnson, M.A., . . . . 219 



Bernacle Goose in Co. Wexford. — A. R. Nicholas, M.A., .., 220 



The Quail in Ireland.— Dr. Pack-Beresford, D.Iy., M.R.I.A., .. 220 



The Black-tailed Godwit — a Correction. Black Redstart in Co. 



Waterford.— R. J. USSHER, D.Iv., M.R.I.A., ... .. 220 



Introduction of the Marsh Tit and Nuthatch into Ireland, — 



R. M. Barrington, F.LS., .. .. .. .. 220 



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