THE IRISH NATURALIST 



^ J^lctntltlt) groitxntal 



OF 



GENERAL IRISH NATORAL HISTORY 



ORGAN OF THE 



Royal Zoological Society of Ireland ; Dublin Microscopical Club ; 



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



Cork Naturalists'' Field Club ; Limerick Field Chib : 



Tyrone Naturalists' Field Club. 



EDITED BY 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, B.ScLond., M.RJ.A., 

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



AND 



ROBERT J. WELCH, M.R.LA. 



VOL. XXI. 



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