164 The Irish Naturalist. [June, 



PROCEEDINGS OF IRISH SOCIETIES. 



RoYAiv Z001.0GICAI. Society. 



Recent donations comprise a Hare from Master Ball, and a Hedgehog 

 from Mr. W. M'Donnell. A very fine pair of Burchell's Zebras, three 

 Mona Monkeys, a Wanderoo Monkey, a Siamese Ape, a Nigger Monkey, 

 a Siamese Civet Cat, a Binturong, three Virginian Opossums, a Wom- 

 bat, a Golden Bagle, and two dozen small birds have been purchased. 



18,000 persons visited the Gardens in April. 



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



The Annual Meeting was held April 21st, when about 25 members 

 attended. Mr. J. H. Bennett, V.P., occupied the chair. The Secretary 

 read the fourth Annual Report, of which the following is an abstract : — 

 We are glad to report an increase of membership — 46 paid-up members, 

 as against 'i,2i of the previous year. We believe this to be the result of 

 increasing interest owing to the union of the Field Clubs, and their 

 growing importance. 



The following places were visited during the summer of 1S95 : — 



May II. — The Lee Valley, with the object of noting the physical geo- 

 graphy of the district, under the able guidance of Prof. Hartog, D.Sc, 

 V.P. May 25. — Fota. June 15. — Ballyedmund, Midleton. July 10. — 

 Upton and Innishannon. August 5. — Doneraile Court and Buttevant 

 Abbey. August 24.— Warren's Court, by permission of Sir Augustus 

 Warren, who entertained the party. September 7, — Castlemartyr, Lord 

 Shannon's demesne. 



Owing to the Gilchrist Lectures, which our Club, jointly with the 

 Literary and Scientific Society, were instrumental in securing, being 

 held, and also the Extension Lectures, it was deemed advisable not to 

 multiply meetings, and accordingly only three Club meetings were held 

 during the Winter Session: — 



November 27, 1895. — Lecture: " The Galway Field Club Conference, 

 1895," by R. Lloyd Praeger, Hon. Sec. D.N.F.C and F. C. Union. 

 December 12. — Lecture: "The Scenery of Co. Antrim," by W. Gray, 

 B.N.F.C. F^ebruary 11, 1896.— Paper by William Miller: "The 

 Climate of Cork," which gave rise to an animated discussion, and is 

 to appear in the Cork Historical and Archaological Journal, followed by 

 " Notes on Rousslet's method of mounting Rotifers," by Prof. Hartog, 

 D.Sc (which has already appeared in the Irish Naturalist). 



On November 5th, 1895, your Secretary attended the Conversazione 

 of the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, and on March loth, 1896, a Con- 

 versazione was held jointly with the Cork Historical and Archaeological 

 Society in the Imperial Hotel, attended by members of the Dublin and 

 Limerick Clubs, and which was most successful. The finances; including 

 a few subscriptions since paid, just about balance for the year. 



