492 [Proc. B.N.F.C, 



falcinellus) captured in Co. Down in September, clutch of 

 Sandwich Terns' Eggs {Sterna cantiaca) taken in Co. Down ; R. 

 Patterson, M.R.I.A., Variations in Eggs of Heirring-Gulls {Laru.^ 

 argentatus), Egg of Sandwich Tern {Sterna cantiaca) taken in 

 Co. D'own, first Irish Specimen of the Trumpet Fish {Centriscus 

 scolopax), taken off Co. Down coast ; R. Welch, M.R.I.A., Living 

 specimens of a very local Land-Shell (Helix pisana), from 

 Baltray Sandhills, Co. Louth, Living specimens of twoi local 

 Slugs (Amalia gagates and A. sowerbyi). 



Miscellaneous. — Miss Andrews, Views of St. Patrick's Bell 

 and its Jewelled Shrine; R. Bell, Pre-historic Implements from. 

 Belfast Hills ; Thomas Brown, Case of Unmounted Gems, 

 Amethyst Crystals from Achill Island ; W. A. Green, Bronze 

 objects found on the pre-historic hearths, Dundrum, also Stone 

 Implements, &c., from this and other sites of Early Man; J. 

 Lizars, Microscopes and apparatus ; R. May, Old Wooden 

 ■Candlestick from Copeland Island, Ship's Hour Glass by Lee, 

 Belfast, Flint Implements from the Soudan. Egypt, Japan, &c., 

 Recent local Sand-dune finds ; W. S. M'Kee, Polarisation of 

 ■Crystals, &c. ; Omagh Naturalists' Field Club, Natural History 

 Photographs; R. Welch, M.R.I.A., Natural History Photo- 

 graphs. 



Microscopic Demonstrations by Miss M. K. Andrews, 

 Rev. Canon Lett, Rev. C. H. Waddell, Messrs. Gray, J. 

 Donaldson, M'Kee, Wright, Professor Symington, Professor 

 Gregg Wilson, and others. 



At a quarter past nine o'clock a brief business meeting was 

 held, when the President (Mr. W. H. Phillips), who occupied 

 the chair, took this opportunity of welcoming Mr. R. Lloyd 

 Praeger, M.R.I.A., representing the Dublin Naturalists' Field 

 Club, and Mr. Dallinger, the President, and Mr. S. Henry, the 

 Secretary, of the new Omagh Naturalists' Field Club. Mr. 

 Phillips congratulated the Club on its continued prosperity, and 

 thanked the members and visitors for supporting the efforts of 

 the Committee to make the annual function the success it un- 

 <ioubtedly was. He said the Club had run eight excursions 



