74 i^Ji'^ IrisJi Naturalht. Mi 



IV. 



out of the fashion. In a paper Uke the one under notice, 

 which appeals strongly to all workers at faunistic and 

 floristic studies, as well as to geologists, within our islands, 

 the use of unfamiliar names merely detracts from its value. 



The table of distribution which concludes the paper 

 shows the recent and fossil range of the non-marine mollusca 

 of Ireland, Great Britain, France, Germany. Denmark, 

 Spain and Portugal and North Africa. The Irish recent fauna 

 is set down as numbering 126 species, of which 85 in all 

 have so far been definitely recognised as Irish fossils. 



It is as refreshing as it is unusual to find, in a paper hailing 

 from the other side of the Channel, Irish place-names 

 correctly spelled ; cases are not very rare in which Irish 

 records are rendered useless by the impossibility of trans- 

 lating the place-names into designations which any one in 

 Ireland ever heard of ; in the present paper such names 

 are a model of accuracy. 



Dublin. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gilts include a Badger from Mr. H. 1j. Warren, a pair t)f W'ootl 

 Pigeons from ^Ir. H. A. Smith, a pair of hybrid Egyptian Geese from 

 the Board of Public Works, a pair of Mandarin Ducks, a pair of Japanese 

 Fowl, and three Golden-Amherst Pheasants from Lady Blake, two cock 

 Golden-Amherst Pheasants from ^Irs. Morgan, and a Swan from Mrs. 

 \i. Darley. A Murine Opossum has been bought for the collection. 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



March ly.- Tlif \'ice-President (A. M'l. C]. eland) hi the- c\va\\\ 

 S. A. BiiNNETT gave a lecture on the " Distribution of some of our I-ocal 

 Plants." The ])a])er was illustrated by lantern slides, mups, and 

 specimens. In ih-' (Hscussion which followed the Rev. C. 11. Waddrll, 

 B.D., J. Stendall, and the Vice-President took part 'Jhrcc new members 

 were elected. 



