THE IRISH NATURALIST 



^ iJlantlTUj gianrnal 



GENERAL IRISH NATURAL HISTORY 



ORGAN OF THE 



Royal Zoological Society of Ireland ; Dublin Microscopical Club ; 



Belfast Naturalists' Field Club ; Dublin Naturalists' Field Club ; 



Cork Naturalists' Field Club ; Limerick Field Club ; 



Ulster Fisheries and Biology Association ; 



Tyrone Naturalists' Field Club. 



EDITED BY 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.ScEond., M.R,I.A., 

 R. EIvOYD PRAEGER, B.A., B.E., M.R.I.A., 



AND 



ROBERT PATTERSON, F.E-S., F.Z.S., M.R.I.A. 



VOL. XVII. 



DUBEIN : EASON & SON, Eimiteid, 

 85 MIDDI.E ABBEY STREET, and 40 LOWER SACKVILLE STREET, 



BELFAvST : 17 DONEGAL^ STREET. 

 T^ONDON : SIMPKTN, MARSHALL HAMILTON, KENT & Co., Ltd. 



1908. 



