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November 20.— A fairly large party of members aucl friends travelled 

 to Kilakee Demesne, nucler the guidance of D. Houston. This district 

 is very fruitful in fungi of various types, and many interesting specimens 

 were obtained during the day. 



November 23. — The first business meeting of the session was held. 

 R. L1.0VD Praeger delivered a preliminary report on the Clare Island 

 Survey during the summer. Considerable progress had been made in 

 many branches by members of the Dublin Field Club, Belfast Field 

 Club, and others. The lecturer showed some very fine slides of the 

 island and its environs. 



J. Bayley Butler made a short communication, illustrated by lantern 

 slides, on native and foreign trees. 



Miss Scale, Miss Gordon, Miss M'Nab, G. K vStrahan, were elected 

 members, and Paul Murphy elected an associate member. 



December 4. — The Club held an excursion to Carrickmines, imder 

 the conductorship of T. Hallissy, B.A., where they examined the geo- 

 logical structure and formation of the district. Specimens of galena 

 were obtained at the Ballycorus lead mine. 



December 7.— Prof G. H, Carpenter, B.vSc. in the chair. J. Mangan, 

 M.A., F.R.C.Sc, delivered a lecture on the '' IMoutli parts of Insects 

 and their allies." This lecture was of special interest, as it dealt with 

 original work recently carried out by the lecturer. G. H. Carpenter, 

 H. W. D. Dunlop and J. Ba3'ley Butler discussed the paper. 



Miss Nixon, Miss Pollock and J. W. Robb were elected members. 



IRISH SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



The Annual Meeting was held in the Royal Irish Academy House on 

 January 21. The Annual Report which was read included the follow- 

 ing:— Six new Bird Protection Orders were obtained during the year, 

 namely for the Counties of Kerry, Antrim, Oueen's.Wicklow, Roscommon, 

 and Down ; also renewal orders for Waterford and Dublin. Attempted 

 raids on Choughs nests in Kerry were completely frustrated by the 

 Knight of Kerry, assisted by watchers employed by the Society. In 

 conjunction with Mr. Ussher, the Society has successfully protected the 

 breeding-place of the Red-necked Phalarope during last season. A 

 Society's watcher, acting under an order obtained from the Lord 

 Lieutenant, stopped the wholesale catching of Goldfinches that had 

 recently been going on in the Killarney district. In Dublin and 

 Wicklow, and in Acliill Island, the Society's watchers have also been 

 active and successful. 



In March, 1909, Mr. Richard Kearton lectured for the Society in the 

 theatre of the Royal Dublin Society befere a crowded audience. 



After the formal business was concluded, Miss Constance Pirn delivered 

 an address on the subject of birds and their protection. 



