[ 254 ] 

 PROCEEDINGS OF IRISH SOCIETIES. 



RoYAi, ZooivOGiCAi. Society. 



Recent donations comprise Fish from Mr. Godden, a pair of White Rats 

 from Mrs. ElHott, a pair of Badgers from the Earl of Clonmel, a Nightjar 

 from J. Bates, Esq., and a pair of Barn Owls from N. McLean, Esq. 



14,489 persons visited the Gardens in July. 



BeivFast Naturai, History and Phii^osophicai, Society. 



JUI.Y 2ist. — Annual Meeting, the President (Prof. FiTzgerai^d, B.A.) 

 in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. R. M. Young, M.R.I.A.) submitted 

 the annual report, and the Treasurer (Mr. J. Brown) the statement of 

 accounts, which were adopted, on the motion of Rev. Mr. Kinghan, 

 seconded by Dr. McCormac. The report of the Ulster Fauna Committee, 

 which was next submitted, showed that information respecting the local 

 fauna was being vSteadily collected. A list of donations to the Museum 

 was read, and a vote of thanks passed to the donors. The existing office- 

 bearers were re-elected for the coming year ; and a motion authorising 

 the council to exchange duplicate specimens of Irish antiquities for geo- 

 logical specimens with Mr. W. E. Praeger, Keokuk, U.S.A., concluded 

 the business. 



BEI/FAST NaTurai^ists' F1EI.D C1.UB. 



Jui^Y 29th. — Excursion to Ballynahinch. A large party proceeded by 

 rail to Ballynahinch, and visited the ancient graveyard of Killgoney, 

 where are the remains of a cromlech. After a halt at Magherahamltt 

 the well-known spa claimed attention. Subsequently Montalto demesne 

 was entered, where the lake-margins were found to be fringed with the 

 Sweet Flag {Aconts calamus). Among the Eepidoptera taken during the 

 day were Vanessa atalanta, Chamas gra/ninis, Cram bus tj'istellus, ArgyrotJiecia 

 mendica, and Dictyopteryx contaminata. At the business meeting held after 

 the tea-hour the best thanks of the members were returned to Rev. Father 

 Quail, P.P., for his unremitting kindness and attention to the party during 

 the day. 



Dubinin Naturai^ists' F1E1.D Ci^ub. 



JUI.Y 29th. — Excursion to Lough Bray and Luggala in conjunction 

 with the London Geologists' Association ; a number of members of the 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club were also present. The combined party, 

 numbering between seventy and eighty, proceeded by 9 a.m. train to Bray, 

 and drove via Enniskerry to Lough Bray, where an hour was spent. 

 Thence the route lay through Sally Gap to Lough Tay, where the party 

 descended on foot to the lake and walked through the grounds of Lug- 

 gala Lodge, subsequently returning by car to Bray. On account of the 

 large extent of ground covered, time did not permit of much collecting. 

 The local Andromeda polifolia was observed in some quantit}' on bogs by 

 the military road to the eastward of Lough Bray, at 1,650 feet elevation. 

 Listera cordaia, Lastrea cemnla, and L. montana were gathered about Lough 

 Bray, and WaJilenbergia hederacea on the way thither. 



