24 ^^^ Irish Nahiralist. February, 1922. 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



November 16. — W. Bulla lectured on " The Art of Burial," referring 

 especially to prehistoric custom as exemplified in Ireland. A discussion 

 followed in which the President (S. A. Bennett), A. McI. Cleland, and 

 Rev. Canon Carmody took part. Thirteen new members were elected. 



January 20. — E. A. Armstrong, B.A., delivered a lecture on the 

 subject, " At home with Fur and Feather." The chair was occupied by 

 the Vice-President (Rev. W. R. Megaw, B.A.), who, before introducing 

 the lecturer, referred to the recent losses the Club had sustained through 

 the deaths of Joseph Malcolmson and E. F. Green, votes of condolence 

 being passed to the relatives of both families. 



The lecturer first explained some of the difficulties of bird photography, 

 and showed how it was possible, even with the most unsuitable apparatus, 

 to obtain good photographs of birds and animals in the wilds. He then 

 referred to camping as an aid to nature study, and explained how, by 

 living amongst the wild things, sleeping in the open or in a small tent, the 

 naturalist may learn the ways of nature and have opportunities of effec- 

 tively photographing birds and animals. He then asked the audience to 

 accompany him, first round his home, and then farther afield to the 

 mountains, to Lough Neagh's banks, to Strangford Lough, and through 

 the depths of Epping Forest, seeing and hearing the various wild creatures 

 to be found in these localities. The lecture was illustrated by coloured 

 lantern views from the lecturer's own photographs ; also by records of 

 the songs of birds. A discussion ensued, in which the Vice-President, 

 J. A. S. Stendall M.B.O.U., J. Loughbridge, H. Coey, and J. Holness 

 took part. 



NOTES. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Some Irish Collembola. 



-A paper on Irish Springtails by John W. Shoebotham which was 

 published in the Ann. Mag. A^at. Hist. (8) vol. xiii., 1914, has not yet 

 been referred to in this Journal. During the author's several visits to 

 Ireland he succeeded in obtaining four species, viz., Achorules manubrialis, 

 Tullhergia Krausbaiteri, Lepidocyvtus albus and Megalothorax minimus 

 which had not previously been obtained in this country. 



