86 The Irish Naturalist. [ March, 



FIKI.D CIvUB NEWS. 



Mr. R. Welch, of the Belfast Field Club, sends us a second supplement 

 to his Catalogue of Geological Photographs. We have had the advantage 

 of examining this beautiful series, and can say that it includes many views 

 of the highest interest and importance. First come some illustrations of 

 coast denudation, including the remarkable scene in White Park Bay. 

 described by Professor Cole in the Geological Magazine for Dec, 1895. 

 Then follow photographs of raised beaches, and of Palaeozoic and 

 Mesozoic strata. The Roundstone kitchen-middens come next, and 

 finally we have the beautiful series of mountain views taken in Con- 

 nemara and Clare on the Field Club Union Excursion, which most of 

 our readers have already seen and admired. 



The arrangements for the Cork Field Club Conversazione on March 

 loth, are rapidly progressing, and the function promises to be a very 

 interesting one. A number of new members have lately joined this 

 Club, which appears to have now firmly taken root, and to have a 

 successful future before it. 



In a course of live lectures on Ireland, at the Dublin Coffee Palace 

 last month, three members of the Dublin Field Club have taken part 

 Dr. M'Weeney lectured on " Invisible Natives " — bacteria ; Professor 

 Cole on " The Land and the Landscape," and Mr. Carpenter on "Wild 

 Life in Ireland." The other lectures of the course were " Ancient Irish 

 Crosses" by Rev. D. Murphy ; and "The People of Ireland " by Rev. 

 Canon Carmichael. 



In the Royal Dublin Society's course of afternoon lectures. Natural 

 Science is represented by "The Bath Sponge" (Prof Sollas), "The 

 Glaciers of the Alps " (Rev. Monsignor Molloy), " Irish Animals Old and 

 New" (G. H. Carpenter), "The Food of Plants" and "The Making of 

 Timber " (Prof. T. Johnson). 



The Limerick Field Club has now felt strong enough to forsake the 

 protecting wing of the Young Men's Christian Association, and to start 

 on an independent career. The result of this action is to throw the 

 benefits of the Club open to all sections of the public, and as a conse- 

 quence an immediate rise of membership has taken place. The Corpora- 

 tion Library Committee has generously placed the Board-room of the 

 City Library at the disposal of the Club for its future meetings, free of 

 charge. We have no doubt that on this wider basis the Club will con- 

 tinue to prosper, and will increase in numbers and in activity. 



The Geological section of the Belfast Club are arranging for a con- 

 tinuous week's study of geology during the month of March under 

 Professor Cole, F.G.s. The forenoons are to be devoted to field geology, 

 and each evening a class for the study of petrography will meet in the 

 Club's rooms at the Belfast Museum. This new scheme should prove 

 highly valuable, as geological students are well aware of the diflBculty of 

 recognising rocks in the field with which they are perfectly familiar in 

 museum collections. This is the third year in which the Club have had 

 the great advantage of studying under Professor Cole. 



