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this year been added tO' the British avifaunal list — the Black 

 Lark '{Melanocorypha yeltoniensis), of which several had been 

 seen and specimens obtained in Kent and Sussex in January and 

 February. This bird is an inhabitant of Southern Russia, 

 Transcaspia, and Western Siberia, but had previous to this year 

 only been reported as a straggler to Western Europe, a few 

 times from, Austria, Belgium, and Hehgoland. 



" LAMBAY ISLAND : ITS FAUNA, FLORA, AND 

 ANTIQUITIES." 



A lecture was delivered in the Museum, College Square 

 North, on Tuesday evening, 19th March, entitled " Lambay 

 Island : Its Fauna, Flora, and Antiquities." The chair was 

 occupied by Mr. W. H. Phillips, President, and there was a 

 large attendance. 



Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger, M.R.I.A., of Dublin, who was the 

 first speaker, dealt v/ith the geology, botany, history, and 

 antiquities of the island. He stated that Lambay was at 

 present in the possession of the Hon. Cecil Baring, whc' lived in 

 the old castle on it. He had pointed out to the owner that a 

 systematic examination of the fauna and flora might lead to 

 important scientific results, and add tO' the interest which he 

 had already felt in the native inhabitants — animal and vegetable 

 — of the island. Mr. Baring accepted the suggestion at once, and 

 workers in the various branches of natural history were enlisted, 

 the survey being begun in June, 1905. Other visits were made 

 in the following year, and on all occasions the naturalists were 

 the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Baring. The main object of their 

 work on Lambay was simply the study of an island fauna and 

 flora, and, while as a contribution to that subject they hoped 

 that their results might possess some general interest, they did 

 not anticipate that the actual species inhabiting the island 

 would furnish distributional records of more than purely local 

 value. The results, however, in this direction proved that they 

 were wrong. Five Lambay species (three worm,s, a mite, and a 

 bristle-tail) were new to science, and twelve other animals were 



