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recent years, mainly by means of Saturday afternoon special 

 excursions for botanical work. 



Of course the exceptional opportunities afiforded by the 

 Club excursions furnished occasions for investigating districts 

 not accessible within the time limit of an afternoon. 



We are pleased to report, too, that the work of individual 

 members throughout the year has been well maintained. 



Six indoor meetings were held during the Winter Session 

 in the Club's rooms, also on Saturday afternoons. 



At five of these meetings Rev. C. H. Waddell, in a series 

 of interesting and instructive lectures, dealt with the natural 

 order of Cyperacece, whilst the sixth meeting was devoted to 

 a series of short papers on botanical subjects. 



During the session about fifty sheets of mounted plants, 

 including a number of rare English specimens, have been 

 added to the Herbarium. 



Alex. Milligan, Hon. Sec. 



Report of Lough Neagh Fauna Committee: — 

 R. Patterson spent seven days around Lough Neagh, 

 and made many important notes. Six birds were added to 

 last years list, viz., Dunlin, Wigeon, Red-breasted Mergan- 

 ser, Sparrow-hawk, Tree-creeper, and Long-eared Owl. Some 

 attention was paid to the Sticklebacks of Lough Neagh, and 

 while the variety of the three-spined known as Gasterosteus 

 gymnurus is by far the commonest species, the ten-spined — 

 G. pungitius — was found in several localities. 



H. L. Orr made four Saturday excursions, and con- 

 tinued the collecting of Beetles. A fair proportion of his 

 captures have been mounted and named. None new to the 

 British list rewarded his search ; still, some rather rare species 

 were taken. Mr. Halbert, of the Science and Art Museum, 

 Dublin, kindly named them. It is to be regretted that the 

 Belfast Free Public Library contains no suitable work on the 

 Coleoptera, and that our citizens have to approach Dublin for 

 work that they could do themselves, provided the facilities 

 were placed within their reach. 



