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and thick mist, but the party were out all day along the 

 northern cliffs ; and in the evening, just as they were setting 

 sail for Ballycastle, the clouds broke, the fog lifted, and before 

 afresh easterly breeze they covered the seven and a half miles of 

 water in fifty five minutes, and once more stepped ashore at 

 Ballycastle. In conclusion, the reader briefly summarised the 

 zoological and botanical notes taken during their three days' visit. 

 Of birds, they had observed 47 species on the island, one of which, 

 the Sedge Warbler, is an addition to Mr. Gage's very complete 

 list of 132 Rathlin birds. Of the 318 species of Flowering 

 Plants and higher Cryptogams recorded in Mr. Stewart's list as 

 growing on the island, they noted 228, and obtained 29 

 additional species, as follows: — Brassica campestris, R~ 'harms 

 Rapkanistrum, Drosera rotundifo/ia, Honkeneja t eploides, 

 Cerastium tetrandrum, Alchemilla arvensts, Rubus fdaeus, 

 Pyrus Aucuparia, Sempervivum tectorumft Carum Carui,\ 

 Scandix Pecten-Veneris, Myrrh's odorata,\ Aster Tripolium, 

 Fraxinus excelsior^ Veronica scutellata* V. serpyllifolia, 

 Beta maritima* Ulmus montana,\ Salix viminalis^ Populus 

 tremula, Alnus glutinosaft Scilla verna,* Luzula sylvatica, 

 Scirpus cosspitosus, Carex prcecox, Equisetum arvense } E. 

 maximum, Lastrea dilatata, Botrpchium Lunaria. Of these, 

 the species marked (t) are to be considered introduced plants ; 

 those bearing an asterisk were previously recorded in Miss 

 Gage's list, but were not found by Mr. Stewart. 



Mr. Welch's photographs, exhibited by limelight, were much 

 admired, as was a beautiful series of guillemots' eggs, showing 

 the great variation of colour to which the eggs of this bird are 

 subject. At the close of the papers a discussion ensued, in 

 which Messrs. Hamilton, Welch, John Marsh, Lockwood, the 

 President, and others took part. 



The fifth meeting of the Winter Session was held in the 

 Museum on February 19th — the President (Mr. William Gray, 

 M.R.I. A) in the chair — when a paper was read by Mr. W. H. 



