io8 The I fish Naturalist. [April, 189S. 



Again on p. 383 we read "it seems uncertain whether this fish (the 

 Torsk) should find a place on the Irish list " ; this is wrong, since this fine 

 gadoid species has been taken a good many times on our coast, and is 

 represented in the Museum collection by a magnificent specimen given 

 by Mr. Green, H.M. Fishery Inspector. • 



These are a few of the more glaring misstatements made by Mr. Aflalo, 



and we venture to think that most of them might have been avoided if 



he had been a diligent reader of the Irish Naturalist. 



R. F. S. 



PROCEEDINGS OF IRISH SOCIETIES. 



Royal ZoologicaIv Society. 



Recent gifts include a pair of Lavender Poland Fowl from Mr. J. B. 

 O'Callaghan, a Macaw from Mrs. Graves, a Sparrowhawk from Mr. J. 

 O'Carroll, a pair of Leadbeater Cockatoos from Captain G. Nicholson, 

 and a Common Fox from Mr. T. W. Wilkinson. Four Golden Pheasants 

 and an Indian Monitor have been bought. 



4,890 persons visited the Gardens during Februar}-. 



Bei^fast NaTurai^ists' F1EI.D Ct^ub. 



P'EBRUARY 19.— Botanicai. SECTION.— The monthly meeting of the 

 Section was held when the subject studied was the Incompletas. On 

 account of the mild weather many specimens were obtainable with the 

 catkins in flower. On the previous Saturday some of the members visited 

 Killeen Glen and found Pterygophyllum lucens 'and Hypnum pumilum 

 in fruit, as well as some early blooming specimens of flowering plants. 



March 12.— BoTanicai. Section.— The monthly meeting was held 

 when the first portion of the orders of Monocotyledons included in the 

 British Flora was considered. 



Dubinin Naturai^ists' Fiei^d Ci.ub. 



March 15.— The President, R. L1.0YD Praeger, B.A., B.B. (in the 

 chair), read a paper on the position of the fruiting organs in certain 

 native Ferns and Horsetails. The paper was illustrated by lantern slides 

 and specimens, and described a number of variations from the normal 

 position of the fruiting organs. It will be published in full in an early 

 issue. Messrs. W. de V. Kane, M.A., and A. V. Jennings, F.Iv.S., spoke on 

 the paper. The paper was followed by a lantern exhibition of a large 

 series of slides illustrating features of geological interest in different 

 parts of the United Kingdom. Not a few were from Ireland, taken by 

 Mr. R. Welch of Belfast. The series was described by Mr. Jennings, and 

 Mr. J. H. Seymour, B.A., the newly-appointed Co-Secretary of the Club. 

 A specimen of the fruit of the Strawberry tree {Bcnthamia) grown in the 

 open air at Stillorgan was shown by Dr. T. Johnson for Miss Wann, and 

 was illustrated by a coloured lantern-slide lent by Mr. Greenwood Pirn 

 M.A. Mr. Kane exhibited for Miss Hughes the case-bearing caterpillars 

 of a clothes-destroying moth. 



Miss Brooke, Mrs. A. H. Shackleton, and the Hon. R. B. Dillon were 

 elected members, and three nominations for membership were made. 



