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rations and rotifers; Mr. Robert Patterson, M.R.I. A., marine 

 larvae; Miss C. Patterson, live specimens; Mr. J. St. J. 

 Phillips, B.E., rock sections; Dr. Cecil Shaw, sections of the 

 larynx; Mr. Adam Speers, B.Sc, rock sections; Mr. Wm. 

 Swanston, F.G.S., fossil sections; Mr. James Stelfox, C.E., 

 miscellaneous; Mr. R. Welch, micro-mollusca ; Mr. Joseph 

 Wright, F.G.S., foraminifera of the Boulder Clay of Wood- 

 burn, Carrickfergus. Messrs. Lizars had a fine exhibit of 

 microscopes and microscopic accessories of all descriptions, 

 which attracted much attention. The other exhibits were 

 as follows : — 



Botany. — Mr. N. Carrothers, mounted botanical speci- 

 mens; Mr. J. H. Davies, a bundle of Hyocomium rugosum, a 

 rare Irish moss from Portstewart ; Mr. W. A. Green, seaweeds 

 from Ballycastle; Mr. F. Gulbransen, plants from Botanic 

 Gardens, N.S.W. ; Mr. W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A., giant pufp- 

 ball, from Shropshire; Mr. W. H. Phillips, rare British and 

 other ferns; Mr. R. LI. Praeger, M.R.I. A., additions to the 

 flora of the North-East of Ireland, made in the Ardglass dis- 

 trict, 1902; Mr. George E. Reilly, specimens of New Zealand 

 woods. 



Zoology. — Mr. John Cottney, collection of Irish-taken 

 eggs; Mr. Nevin H. Foster, eggs of 97 species of birds breeding 

 in County Down; Mr. W. A. Green, American fresh-water 

 mussels; Mr. John Hamilton, specimens of Indian " Tussora " 

 silk-moth; Mr. Robert May, wood perforated by various 

 animals; Mr. J. M'Bride, jun., eggs of tortoise, laid in Ireland; 

 Mr. H. Lamont Orr, Irish butterflies, &c. ; Mr. Robert Patter- 

 son, M.R.I. A., birds' nests ^ down taken from various ducks; 

 Dr. R. F. Scharff, M.R.I. A., remains of a new Irish mammal, 

 and of other animals from Keash caves, County Sligo; Pro- 

 fessor Gregg Wilson, D.Sc, eggs and embryos of Platypus and 

 Echidna; Mr. R. Welch, methods of mounting and storing 

 mollusca. 



Geology. — Mr. Robert Bell, cretaceous pisces from Coun- 

 ties Antrim and Derry ; Madame Christen, igneous rocks from 

 Saxony, stone implements from Saxony; Monsieur Christen, 



