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ing, but a nearer acquaintance with their nests and eggs was 

 impossible, as these were placed high on precipitous rocks, 

 quite out of reach of ordinary nest-huuters. Several pairs of 

 the lesser black-backed Gull were also seen nesting with 

 their white-winged congeners. Wheatears, Whinchats, and 

 Stonechats, together with a few Mountain Linnets, were also 

 numerous, and a pair of the Ring Ouzel were seen. The day 

 being so bright and hot, insects were abundauL A specimen 

 of the Clouded Yellow Butterfly f'C. Edvbsa,) was secured after 

 a prolonged chase ; other two were seen, but owing to their 

 proximity to dangerous precipices, their capture was not 

 attempted. Among other Lepidoptera, the Artaxerxes 

 Butterfly, the Blues, and the Little Heath were gambolling 

 about in merry groups ; and dancing hither and thither like 

 a winged jewel Avas the Burnet Hawk Moth ( Zygeana fili- 

 pendulce) clad in a vest of brilliant green and crimson. Mr 

 Lennon captured the following Beetles along the shore : — 

 Mater halteatus, Altrous rhomhiros, Dashillus cervinns, 

 Cistela murina, Otiorhynchus sulcatiis, 0. ovatus, Ernobius 

 abritus, Trachyplocus scabriciUus, and Lei'na puncticollw. 

 After a short halt at RockclifFe, the return journey was 

 commenced, and not a few members of the party were glad 

 to find themselves seated, the rough scramble among the 

 rocks, and up to the more accessible ledges, having resulted 

 in a plentiful crop of abraded and contused wounds. 

 A visit was made, in passing, to see the granite quarries 

 of Oldlands, but as the workmen had left, a vein of Kaolin, 

 which it was rejDorted had been recently discovered, could 

 not be seen. However, Dr Gilchrist ver" kindly pointed 

 out the chief features of the rocks, which have been all 

 rounded and curved from glacial action. Ai'rived at Dal- 

 beattie, there was just time, before the 6.30 p.m. train 

 was due, to see through the Granite Polishing Works of 

 Messrs Shearer, Smith, & Co., where the appliances for 

 polishing and cutting the huge blocks were matters of great 

 interest. 



The Fourth Meeting was fixed for Newabbey and 



