THE IRISH NATURALIST 



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GENERAL IRISH NATURAL HISTORY. 



THE) OFFICIAI, ORGAN OF 



The Royal Zoological Society of Ireland ; TJie Dublin Microscopical Club ; 



The Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society ; 



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



The Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society ; 



The Cork Naturalists' Field Club ; The Limerick and Clare Field Club. 



- EDITED BY _ 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.Sc.Eond, 



AND 



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



VOL. IX. 



DUBEIN : EASON & SON, Eimitkd, 

 85 MIDDLE ABBEY STREET, and 40 LOWER SACKVILLE STREET. 



BELFAST : 17 DONEGALL STREET. 

 LONDON : SIMPKIN MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & Co., Ltd 



1900. 



