1908. WEI.CH. — Bythinia Leachiu 5 



north than Yorkshire. I have never found any trace of it in 

 shell-marl deposits in Ireland, though I have examined 

 material from almost thirty localities, some well within its 

 present range. It is, however, rare also in a fossil state in 

 England, Kennard and Woodward recording it^ from only 

 three Pleistocene and three or four Holocene deposits in the 

 southern counties. 



The Pembrokeshire record rests on the authority of the late 

 F. Walker, of Tenby, who sent a specimen to J. W. Taylor. 

 Mr. Taylor tells me that E- G. I^owe recorded it from Gla- 

 morgan on the authority of Jeffreys about 1855 ; he also gives 

 me a record from West Cornwall. A. G. Stubbs, who collected 

 very keenly for years in Pembrokeshire, remarks on the 

 almost total absence of the Operculata in the Tenby district. 

 He writes that he never found either species there, but has 

 found it in eleven localities in English counties, south and 

 east. 



I have to thank Messrs. J. W. Jackson, A. S. Kennard, R. A. 

 Phillips, A. W. Stelfox, A. G. Stubbs, G. W. Taylor, and C. E. 

 Wright, for many county records, and I think their kindly 

 assistance v/ill render the map fairly correct to date. 



Belfast. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include a pair of Grass Parrakeets from Madame de la 

 Vallie, a vSwan from Mr. R. Coey, a Gannet from Dr. J. H. Brownrigg, a 

 Seal from Mr. St. George, two Turkeys from the Messrs. Carton, and two 

 Fallow Deer from Miss Ada Bellew. Four Monkejs have been bought, 

 and two Lion cubs have been born in the Gardens. 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



November 23. — The Botanical Section met at the Museum. Rev. C. 

 H. WaddEI*t<, B.D., gave an address on Plants collected during 1907 ; the 

 address was illustrated by specimens. W. H. Robinson read a paper on 

 "Foliage Leaves; their Life-history, Composition, and Functions." 



■• Proc. Gcol. Assoc, Nov., 1901. 



=" Journal of Conchology, vol. ix., pp. 321 and 363. 



