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though for the plant prize several collections were handed in, 

 and after a close struggle it was decided that Mr. W. J. C 

 Tbmlinson had been successful, his collection containing speci- 

 mens of 91 species. 



The ornithological members of the party handed in the 

 following list of birds (49 species) observed during the day : — 

 Mistle-thrush, song-thrush, blackbird, redbreast, wren, sedge- 

 warbler, whitethroat, golden-crested wren, chiffchajff, willow- 

 wren, hedge-sparrow, dipper, great tit, blue tit, pied wagtail, 

 grey wagtail, meadow-pipit, spotted flycatcher, swallow, house- 

 martin, sand-martin, greenfinch, goldfinch, house-sparrow, chaf- 

 finch, linnet, lesser redpoll, bullfinch, corn-bunting, yellow bunt- 

 ing, starling, magpie, jackdaw, hooded crow, rook, skylark, swift, 

 cuckoo, kestrel, heron, m-ute swan, ring-dove, corncrake, moor- 

 hen, coot, curlew, black-headed gull, common gull, and herring- 

 gull. Among the molluscs the following were reported as 

 being found: — Succinea elegans (very large specimens), Hya- 

 linia cellaria, H. nltidula, Helix rotundata, H. nemo?^aliSy 

 H. liuyida, B . pisana, H. virgata, H. cayerata, Vitrina pel- 

 lucida, Pupa cylindracea, ClausUia hidentata, Limax mar- 

 ginatus, L. agrestis, Arion ater, A. circuniscriptus, and A. 

 suhfuscus. 



Although the day was so favourable, very few lepidop- 

 tera were observed, only four species of butterflies being 

 noted. 



The pace was too fast during the day for the prosecution 

 of much botanical work, but a number of plants were noted. 

 Near the Boyne Obelisk Carex rijmria v/as in beautiful fruit. 

 The old walls about Mellifont Abbey yielded Saxifraga tri- 

 dactylites, Draha verna, Valerianella olitoria, Festuca rigida, 

 Clielidonium ma jus, and a profusion of Antirrhinum ma jus. 

 Folystichum aculeatum was noted by the roadside in several 

 stations. Other roadside plants were Ballota nigra and 

 Chenopodium Bo7ius-H enricus. The American immigrant 

 Matricaria discoidea was abundant on the outskirts of 

 Drogheda, and thence to the Boyne Obelisk. 



