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instructive series of birds and eggs illustrating comparative 

 sizs of eggs laid by birds of about the same size. Mr. R. Welch, 

 Mr. H. Lamont Orr, and Mr. W. A. Green had very large col- 

 lections of land and freshwater shells, excellently mounted and 

 named. Mr. Geo. E. Reilly exhibited shells and beet. Miss 

 M. K, Andrews' exhibit dealt very fully with the orbicular 

 granite of Mullaghderg, the actual rock specimens, with 

 micro-slides and photographs of the locality, dealing exhaus- 

 tively with her subject. Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., had fora- 

 minif era from the raised beach of Sherkin Island ; Mr. Bulla, 

 fossil fish from carboniferous shale beds; Mr. Robert Bell, 

 cretaceous ceyhaloyoda from Counties Antrim and Derry ; Mr. 

 James Orr, a beautiful collection illustrating sea urchins, 

 recent and fossil. Mr. T. Brown's collection of precious 

 stones and gems found many admirers. The President, Mr. 

 F. J. Bigger, M.R.I. A., had a varied exhibit consisting of 

 the following : — -An ancient Irish mether, found near Moni- 

 vea; Irish scales and weights, fragments of pottery recently 

 discovered on Cave Hill, and a fine collection of weapons 

 recently in use in New Zealand. Miss M. C. Knowles had 

 objects from prehistoric sites in County Clare; Mr. George 

 E. Reilly, recent finds from crannoges of Lough Mourne, 

 including remains of the " Irish elk;" Mr. Robert May, stone 

 implements from County Antrim, fossil nautili and silicified 

 wood from Lough Neagh ; Mr. W. J. Fennell, measured draw- 

 ings of souterrains in Antrim and Down. In the Archaeo- 

 logical section the exhibit that attracted most attention was 

 the valuable collection belonging to Mr. Robt. Day, M.R.I. A., 

 of Cork; this showed that the recent craze among the ladies 

 for wearing strings of beads was only the revival of an old 

 fashion prevalent among the ancient inhabitants of Ireland 

 and Egypt. Mr. Day's collection contained many speci- 

 mens collected from crannoges and other sites through- 

 out Ireland, and fine specimens from Egypt. Mr. J. 

 J. Phillips had a number of drawings of Anglo-Norman 

 architectural remains in Ireland. Madame Christen exhibited 

 sketches of the prehistoric city of Devanha on Dinnet 



