1907- Welch. — Cork Conference. — Rostella?i Cromleac 269 



previously, and that there was then portion of a stone circle 

 (three stones, which have since disappeared), and she was then 

 informed that the circle was complete within the memory of 

 persons then living. 



The following measurements are from the Windele MSS., 

 and, with the photographs and sketches, constitute the first 

 accurate published description of the cromleac. 



Dimensions. 



Horizontal or table stone.— Length, 5.6 ; breadth, 5.7 ; thickness, 1.6. 



Uprights, 3. 

 South side stone.— Height. 54; breadth, 4.8; thickness, 1.3. 



„ 6.1 1 ; „ 1.6. 



North side stone, 4.6; ,, 4.3: ) fi 



Head stone (west), 5.8 „ 3.5. 



Enclosed area, 2 feet 5 inches (square). 



For a height of 2\ feet above the surface of the mud the 

 uprights are covered with a growth of seaweed. 



VERTEBRATA. 



BY ROBERT PATTERSON, F.L-S-, AND NEVIN H. FOSTER, M.B.O.U. 



The observations in this Kingdom were almost exclusively 

 confined to the class Aves ; the only Mammals observed 

 being the Rat, the Hare, the Rabbit, and a few Bats ; but 

 numerous specimens of Frogs and Newts were seen ; and at 

 Inchigeela a L,izard, Lacerta vivipara (our only Irish reptile), 

 was captured. This animal was exhibited at the conversazione 

 in the Assembly Rooms on the last evening of the Conference 

 and evoked considerable interest among the members present. 

 The Birds observed each day were carefully noted, and the 

 day's lists varied from 14 species, seen on the first afternoon 

 in Cork city, to 47 species observed on two of the Conference 

 days. Altogether the following 75 species were recorded 

 during the six days ; — 



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