560 report — 1878. 



One object in offering these observations to the section was to ascertain whether 

 anything similar had been observed in Ireland, where it is believed the vole is not 

 common, for it is observed that it, as well as its British congeners, A. amphibia 

 and A. glareolus, are omitted from Mr. Barrington's list of mammals given at page 

 91 of part ii., in the Guide to Dublin prepared for this meeting of the Associa- 

 tion.* 



* The paper of which the above is an extract will appear in the ' Transactions- 

 of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club ' for the current year. 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1878. 

 The Department did not meet. 



