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Waddell, B.D., Vice-President; William H. Phillips, Treasurer; William 

 Swanstoii, F.G.S., Librarian ; F. J. Bigger and Alex. G. Wilson, Honorary 

 Secretaries; with the following Committee: — Miss S. M. Thompson, 

 F. W. Lockwood, W. Gray, John Hamilton, W. J. Fennell, S. A. Stewart, 

 R. J. Welch, Joseph Wright, John Vinycomb, and J. St. J. Phillips, 

 Various suggestions in regard to the summer excursions were then taken 

 up and considered. The following new members were then elected ; — 

 Charles MacLorinan, i^i^.D., and Robert Ardill. 



Dubinin Naturai^ists' Fiei^d Ci.ub. 



ApriI^ 21. — The evening was spent in hearing reports on the scientific 

 results of an Kaster trip to Connemara, in which a number of members 

 took part. The chair was occupied by the President (Prof. Grenvii,i.e 

 CoivE). Mr. R. lyiyOYD Praeger gave a general account of the week's 

 work, describing the beautiful district of which Roundstone is the centre, 

 and its scientific attractions. Specimens were shown illustrative of the 

 botany of the district, and of the rich shell-sand of Port-na-fedog. Lantern 

 illustrations of the district were also shown, taken from photographs by 

 Mr. R. Welch, Belfast. Dr. HERBERT HuRST followed by exhibiting 

 some frog's bones from Inis Mac Dara, a remote islet off the Connemara 

 coast. The opinion was expressed that the frog was not a native of the 

 island, the bones having probably been brought by a bird. Mr. LySTER 

 Jameson spoke on the marine zoology of the district, and exhibited the 

 results of dredgings carried out by the party. Mr. J. N. Hai^berT de- 

 scribed the insect life of the district, and showed a number of rare beetles 

 and moths. Prof. T. Johnson spoke on a large collection of sea-weeds 

 which were on exhibition, gathered during the week by a lady member 

 of the party. The various reports mentioned above will appear in our 

 pages when completed. 



Subsequently Mr. Praeger showed, on behalf of Mr. A. Roycroft, 

 bones, shells, &c., from a kitchen-midden at Lough Shinny, Co. Dublin. 

 The President exhibited in the lantern slides illustrating the esker of 

 Greenhills, Co. Dublin. Rev. Maxwei*!. Ci^ose discussed the origin of 

 these remarkable gravel ridges. The following were elected members 

 of the Club :— Miss L. Allen, Miss M. Allen, J. C. Burlington, Mrs. Coffey, 

 J. de W. Hinch. 



Aprii, 25. — The first excursion took place. A party of 36, which 

 swelled to 57 en rotiie, took the 1.45 train to Bray, and passing the new 

 harbour, examined the old forest-bed underlying marine clay on the 

 shore at low water, recently described before the Club by Mr. Praeger, 

 who now pointed out on the ground the relations of this deposit to the 

 neighbouring beds. After an hour's work examining the peat and clay, 

 and shore-hunting, the party proceeded by the 4.0 o'clock train to 

 Killiney, while a few remained to collect seaweeds at Bray. At Killiney, 

 under guidance of the President (Prof Cole) the famous junctions of 

 the Ordovician and granite were visited, and Prof. Cole explained the 



