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friends were present, and at which the traditional high degree 

 of excellence of the members' exhibits was well sustained. The 

 regular Winter Meetings held in the Museum were as 

 follows : — 



1904. 

 15th Nov. " Report as Delegate to Meeting of Corresponding Societies, British Association." 

 Mr. W. J. Fennell, M.R.I.A.I. 



Presidential Address— " Notes on the Sligo Excursion." Mr. W. J. Fennell, 

 M.R.I.A.I. 



20th Dec. "A Talk about Moths." Rev. George Foster. 



" The Feathered World." Mr. N. H. Foster, M.B.O.U. 

 1905. 

 17th Jan. "Plant Structure and Environment." Dr. G. H. Pethybridge, B.Sc. (I.F.C.U. 

 Delegate from D.N.F.C). 



21st Feb. " Observations on our Home Hills." Mr. Robert Bell. 



" Origin and Growth of Agate and Chalcedony." Mr. J. Strachan. 



21st Mar. "Forests, Wild and Cultivated." Mr. Augustine Henry, M.A., F.L.S., 

 L.R.C.P. (Ed.). 



11th April "Perforations in Primary Limestone from North Donegal." Mr. Joseph 

 Wright, F.G.S. 



"Folk-lore." Mr. E. J. M'Kean, B.A., B.L. 



General Annual Meeting. 



These meetings were all well attended, and the papers 

 read (of which abstracts will be found in the Proceedings) 

 proved of high merit. As the informal Wednesday Evening 

 Meetings in the Club-room were sparsely attended by members, 

 the Committee -decided that during the months of February 

 and March a special subject should be annor.nced for each 

 evening, and the following subjects were brought before the 

 meetings by the member of Committee appointed to take 

 charge for the evening ; — 



25th Jan. "Evolution of Plant as compared with Animal Life." Mr. Alex. Milligan. 



1st Feb. " Half an Hour in Canterbury." Mr. W. J. Fennell, M.R.I.A.I. 



8th ,, "Preservation of Birds." Mr. W. A. Green. 



15th,, " Sea Anemones." Mr. W. H. Gallway. 



22nd ,, " Sharks' Teeth from Local Cretaceous Formations." Mr. Robert Bell. 



1st March " Carrickfergus Salt Beds." Mr. George E. Reilly. 



8th ,, " Deep Sea Life." Prof. Gregg Wilson, D.Sc, M.R.I.A. 



15th ,, " Eggs of Irish Breeding Birds." Mr. N. H. Foster, M.B.O.U. 



22nd ,, ''Marine Shells of our District." Mr. George Donaldson. 



29th ,, "Geological Photographs, taken for the New Government Memoirs o the 

 Dubhn, Belfast, and Cork Areas." Mr. Robert Welch, M.R.I.A. 



These informal meetings proved highly instructive, and 

 it is to be hoped that they will be continued, and that many 

 of the members will contribute short papers during the forth- 

 coming Winter Session. 



