So The Irish Naturalist, April, 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



August 14. Richhim.. — In this excursion 102 members and friends 

 participated, and under the guidance of Dr. Berr}-. inspected Castleraw 

 and Kilmore church ; afterwards visiting Mr. Lambs jam factory. The 

 party then drove to Richhill Castle where they were received and hospi- 

 tably entertained by Mrs. Berry, in the unavoidable absence of Major 

 Berry. M.R.I. A. Ciood natural history collections were obtained, the 

 best find being a specimen of the rare woodlouse, Porccllio laevis, taken in 

 the garden of Richhill Castle, this being the second recorded locality in 

 Ulster for this species. 



August 28, Ori.ock Point. — This was the concluding, excursion 

 of the Club's Summer vSession and was attended by 41 members and 

 friends. Leaving Belfast the party travelled to Bangor by the 1.55 p.m. 

 train and there mounted the brakes in waiting and drove to Orlock. 

 Here the coast, composed of Ordovician and Silurian rocks, was ex- 

 amined, the walk being afterwards continued to Portavoe demesne, where 

 a short time was spent in collecting previous to the return drive to 

 Bangor. 



October 27. Convkrsazione. — The winter vSession was inaugu- 

 rated b}' a Conversazione held in the Assembly Hall. Tea was served 

 from 7 till 8 o'clock, during which time an organ recital was given by 

 Mr. T. H. Crowe. 



The following is a list of the exhibits: — F. Bai^FOUR-Browne — 

 Living Water-beetles. J. Cottney — Examples of birds of nearly equal 

 size, showing variation in size of eggs. C. M. Cunningham— Coloured 

 plates illustrative of Hawaiian fishes. J. W. Dakin — Development of 

 Plaice, &c. N. H. FOSTER— Maps to illustrate the recorded distribution 

 of Woodlice in Ireland. W. H. Gai^mvay — Living Sea-anemones. W. 

 A. Green — Marine Animals. J. MAXWEiyi. — Exhibit of pond and 

 marine life by aid of microscopes, including living specimens of 

 INIelicerta, Stephanoceros, Limnias and marine Polyzoa and Hydrozoa.- 

 J. N. Milne — Irish non-marine mollusca. H. L. Orr — Nests of Irish 

 wasps and bees, and maps showing geographical distribution of the 

 various species. Robert Patterson— Case of newly-hatched Coots 

 illustrative of "precocious young"; albino Rook; nest of Quaker 

 Parrakeet, MyiopsiUacus vionachiis. A. W, SteIvFOX — Some European 

 examples of Mollusca of the Family ZonitkLe. Living specimens oi Helix 

 nevioralis var. roseozonata from Co. Fermanagh, and Helix hortensis from Co. 

 Derry, collected vSeptember, 1908. R. WeTvCh— Land-shells from Bun- 

 doran. vSeveral species of the genus Succinea. Prof. Gregg Wii^son — 

 Annelids. Joseph Wright — Pleistocene Foraminifera from Crete. N. 

 Carrothers— Plants from Yorkshire; ferns from New Zealand. Rev. 

 Canon Lett — Freshly gathered and mounted specimens of INIosses. Wm. 

 W. MvDDLETON— Photo-micrographs of sections of stems of Rosa 

 canina and CraUrgus Oxyacautha to illustrate structural differences between 

 prickles and thorns ; sporangia ol Polypodiiini vulgare attached to frond and 

 others of germinating spores. W. H. PhilUPS— British Ferns, showing 

 the results of cross-fertilization. W. J. C. Tomi^inson — Some Connemara 

 and other mounted plants. Rev. C. H. WaddEI<i« — Some interesting 

 examples of IMosses. vSvi^vanus Wear — Microscopic exhibit illustrating 



