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IRISH SOCIETIES, 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include a Peregrine Falcon from Col. G. T. Plunkett, a 

 Parrot from Mr. J Purdy, a Zebra Cow from the Earl of Kilmorey, a 

 very large Chacma Baboon from the Officers of the North Cork Rifles, 

 and a Marmoset from Capt. Gill. A Serval, two Ringtailed Coaties, three 

 pairs of Flamingoes, an Australian Ibis, a pair of Golden Eagles, and a 

 pair of Laughing Kingfishers have been bought. 



DUBLIN NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



November 5Th. — The Seventeenth Winter Session of the Club was 

 inaugurated with a Conversazione, held in the rooms of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, Dawson-street, which was largely attended by members and 

 visitors. Several representatives of the Belfast Field Club were also 

 present, and two of them, Messrs. Welch and Orr, contributed interesting 

 exhibits. The President, Mr. Greenwood Pirn, formally opened the 

 meeting, and after a few words of welcome to the visitors, called on the 

 Hon. Sec. to read the judges' reports on the collections sent in for the 

 Club prize competitions. The awards were then announced as follows: — 

 Flowering Plants — Miss Dorothy Herdman ; Freshwater and Marine 

 Mollusca — Miss Massy ; Pleistocene Fossils — Mr. Hindi. The Hon. 

 Secretary, Mr v Seymour, then gave an account of the Club's excursion 

 to Sligo last July, the narrative being illustrated by means of a large 

 number of lantern transparencies from photographs taken during the 

 three days' visit to the neighbourhood. The remainder of the evening 

 was spent in examining the numerous scientific exhibits shown by 

 members. Amongst these the collection of Irish Birds' Nests shown by 

 Mr. R. J. Ussher, of Waterford, was much admired, as was also the very 

 interesting collection of plants from the Botanic Gardens, exhibited by 

 Mr. Moore. The various collections sent in in competition for the Club 

 prizes were of very distinct merit, and deserve special mention also. 

 The following is a list of the more important exhibits, besides those 

 already referred to : — G. H. Carpenter, B.Sc. — Some Irish Spiders with 

 their nests and webs, including photographs by R. Welch ; Prof. G. A. J. 

 Cole and T. Crook — Modes of occurrence of Metallic Ores; Dr. A. H. 

 Foord — Unpublished illustrations of Irish Carboniferous Fossils, and 

 specimens of Goniatites ; J. de W. Hinch — Collection of Shells from 

 Glacial deposits; Professor T. Johnson, D.Sc. — The Potato Blight 

 (Pkytophthora infestans) causing a Tomato disease; G. W. Lamplugh — 

 Remains of Lepidurus (Apus) glacialis, from a post-glacial lake silt 

 deposit in Scotland; D. M'Ardle— Microscopic slides of rare Irish Mosses 

 and Liverworts; Miss A. L. Massy — Shells of Helix Busbii, peculiar to 

 North Island, New Zealand; A. R.Nichols, B.A. — Some examples of 

 Albinism in Irish Birds; H. L. Orr (B.N.F.C.)— Collection of Land and 



