The hish Naturalist. January, 
DUBLIN NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 
November 12. — C-onversazione. — The Twenty -seventh Whiter Session 
was opened on Tuesday, November 12th, with a conversazione in the 
Royal Irish Academy House. 76 members and visitors attended, a decrease 
of II on the numbers present at the corresponding function for last year. 
In the unavoidable absence of the President, the chair was taken by the 
Vice-President, N. Colgan, M.R.I. A., who welcomed the visitors and 
the members of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club that were present. A 
lecture was given by Professor G. H. Carpenter, B.Sc, M.R.I. A., on 
various microscopic objects of biological interest, which he illustrated by 
lantern projections. At the close of the lecture the Vice-President drew 
attention to the present condition of the Club, and made an earnest appeal 
for new members. 
A large number of exhibits were on show during the evening, of which 
the principal are given in the following list : — J. Adams, M.A. : {a) Diatoms 
from the Kieselguhr deposit at Toome Bridge ; (t) Hairs on the leaf 
of Deutzia. E. C. R. Armstrong, M.R.I. A. : Some types of Stone 
Implements. C. F. Bali. : Hybrids of Saxifraga umbrosa and 
Saxifraga Gzum. Richard M. Bafrington, LL.B., F.L.S., M.R.I. A. : 
Some Irish specimens of the large race of Wheatear, Oenanthe leucorhoa, 
Irish Wrynecks, and Barred Warblers. N. Colgan, M.R.I. A. : Micro- 
scopic shdes illustrative of the tongues of the Mollusca, and the dermal 
deposits of the Holothuroidea. G. P. Farran, B.A., M.R.I. A. : Echino- 
derms from deep water off the West Coast of Ireland. A. C. Forbes, 
M.R.I. A. : {a) Radiophotographs of wood : {b) Microscopic sections of 
wood. W. F. Gunn : Some Photo -micrographs of seeds, J. N. Halbert, 
M.R.I. A. : {a) Some exotic Bird -butterflies (Ornithoptera) ; (b) a few 
interesting insects from Clare Island. T. Hallissy, B.A., M.R.I. A. : 
(a) Erratics from the drifts of Co. Wexford ; (6) some fossils from Kil- 
torcan ; {c) Rock-specimens from the interbasaltic zone, Co. Antrim. 
J. DE W. HiNCH : Shells and erratics from the deposits of North Mayo. 
Miss M. C. Knovv^les : Wax models of some common flowers. A. R. 
Nichols, M.A., M.R.I. A.: (a) Two Little Auks, captur d in Co. Dublin, 
February, 191 2 ; (b) Birds' nests from Sierra Leone. A. Roycroft : (a) 
Carboniferous fossils from St. Doulagh's, Co. Dublin ; (5) Striated lime- 
stone boulder from Benhead Marl. C. M. Selbie, B.Sc. : Living Tree- 
frogs {Hyala arborea). R. Southern, B.Sc, M.R.I.A. : Irish Marine 
Worms. Miss J. Stephens, B.Sc. : {a) Living Lizards ; (6) Deep-sea 
Sponges. S. G. Wild : Curious and interesting Plants. Miss Edith H. 
Wilson : {a) Skeletons of Pigeon, Frog, Weasel, and Carp ; {b) Prepared 
Fish ; (c) Mounted Dragon-fly and Locust ; {d) Brazil Nut. Miss ¥. M. 
Pollock : Sparrow-hawk's Eggs. R. Clark : {a) Upper Silurian Fossils 
from Clogher, Co. Down ; [b) Comic Sketch by the late Mr. E. T. Hardman ; 
[c) Photographs of past Officers of the Geological Survey of Ireland, 
R. LI. Praeger, B.A., B.E., M.R.I.A. : Geological Skit, by the late Mr. 
W. H. Baily. R. Welch, M.R.I.A. : Land and Freshwater Shells, Irish 
and British. 
