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enlarging the collection of Irish bird skins in our National 

 Museum. The remaining speakers included Mr. W. H, 

 Patterson (Belfast) and Mr. Abraham Shackleton (Dublin). 



On Saturday morning the final excursion of the meeting 

 was held. The party took train at 10 o'clock to Howth, and 

 proceeded by the cliff walk to above the Bailey Lighthouse, 

 whence they crossed the hill to the cromleac, and descended 

 through the demesne to Howth town, where lunch was served 

 at the St. Lawrence Hotel. The 4-5 train brought the mem- 

 bers back to town, when the party broke up. 



CAVE HILL. 



(Half-day Excursion.) 

 This, being a half-day excursion, was largely attended 

 by members and friends, who, assembling at Castle Junction 

 at 2 p.m. on 6th July, proceeded to Ligoniel by tram, and 

 walked across the high country between Cave Hill and Collin- 

 ward. On the summit of Cave Hill the extensive pano- 

 rama was described in detail by some of the members, and 

 attention was directed to a line of old forts, some of which 

 had only recently been discovered by the President of the 

 Club. Proceeding along the ridge of the hill, and descending 

 by easy stages, the site of one of these forts was inspected witn 

 interest, a local gentleman describing the various articles 

 which had been dug up. The kestrel was noted as breeding 

 in one of the cliffs of the Cave Hill. The botanists were 

 pleased to find growing in profusion side by side the adder's 

 tongue and the moonwort ferns {Ophioglossum vulgatum and 

 Botrychium lunaria). Having reached the Glengormley 

 Road, the party proceeded to Ardrie, where all were hospit- 

 ably entertained by the President, Mr. F. J. Bigger, M.R.I.A. 



COAST ROAD. 



The fifth excursion of the Summer Session, known as the 

 long excursion," was held on the 11th, 12th, and 13th 



