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from Bundoran; Mr. Robert Patterson, M.R.I. A., nests of 

 goldfinch and rook; Mr. George E. Reilly, nest of magpie; 

 Mr. R. Welch, living land-snails {Helix aspersa) now over 

 eight years old; Prof. Gregg Wilson, D.Sc, M.R.I. A., speci- 

 mens illustrating adaptation to environment; Mr. W. H. 

 Workman, M.B.O.U., Algerian bird-skins. 



Geology. — Miss M. K. Andrews, microscopic sections of 

 rocks near the junction of granite and silurian. Glen River, 

 Newcastle, Co. Down; Mr. Robert Bell, liassic cephalopoda 

 from Waterloo, Larne; the new Irish mineral " Dopplerite," 

 from the peat of Sluggan Bog; Mr. F. C. Forth, A.R.C.Sc.I., 

 geological specimens and models of crystals; Mr. George C. 

 Gough, A.R.C.Sc, sections of fossil plants, crystals and rocks; 

 shells of gastropods cut to show interior; fossils (fish, crabs, 

 etc.), and minerals used as ornaments, and precious stones; 

 Mr. R. Welch, the land-shell deposits and shell-sands of 

 Rosapenna and Tranarossan dunes, Rosguill peninsula. North 

 Donegal. 



Miscellaneous, — Miss Andrews, very fine flax thread spun 

 at Comber at the end of the 18th century; Messrs. W. & G. 

 Baird, Ltd., photo-process blocks in all stages of manufacture; 

 Mr. F. J. Bigger, M.R.I. A., Irish straw crosses; photographs 

 of Donegal peasant life; Mr. C. M. Cunningham, L.D.S., 

 exhibit of electro-typing and plating with home-made 

 appliances; Mr. Robert Day, M.R.I. A., "table-book" with 

 illuminated title, enclosing an autograph letter from 

 Charlotte, Duchess of Richmond to Earl O'Neill, July 12, 

 1856; Oliver CromwelFs belt pistol, with letter of authenti- 

 cation ; ancient Irish spirally twisted silver tore with loop and 

 knot attachment, and a plain massive silver penannular bangle 

 found with it, from Beaufort, Co. Kerry; cable pattern 

 silver tore of three twisted strands, with hook and eye 

 fastener, Co. Westmeath; brass oblong Dutch tobacco box 

 engraved with portraits of the Prince and Princess of Orange 

 on the covers; another with battle scenes and portrait of 

 Frederick the Great. Mrs. W. J. Fennell, model of the High 

 Cross of Monasterboice ; model of the O'Kelly seal found in 



