Vol. xxxiii., No. 5. 



May, 1923. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Porotrichum angustifolium in Ireland — H. N. Dixon, f.l.s. 45 



Review: 



Daniel's Elasmobranch Fishes^^'-(R.F.S.) ,. .. .. 47 



OBITtTARY : 



William H. Phillips. (R. Ll. R) , . . . . . 48 



Irish Societies : 



Ulster Society for the Protection of Birds ., .. .. 48 



Belfast Naturalists' Field Club . . . . . . . . 49 



Dublin Microscopical Club .... . . . . 50 



Notes : 



The Squirrel in Ireland — Edward A. Armstrong , , . , 50 



Irish Breeding Birds . , . . . . . . . . 51 



Early Arrival of the Chiffchaff in Co. Down — Robert N. Morrison, 



Nevin H. Foster . . ... . . . . 51 



Variation in Size of Eggs of Lesser Tern — F. W. Jeffers .. 52 



Early Flowers — C. J. Lilly, R. Li.oyd Praeger . . . . 52 



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