CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. Oh the Occurrence of Cystopteris fragili*, and of Digitalis purpurea on 



Limestone, both near Athlone. By F. J. Foot, M. A., .... 2 



2. Record of the Occurrence of Cystopteris fragilis near Dublin. By "War. 



Archer, 2 



3. On the Winter Migration of the Pomarine Skua, and on the Occurrence 



of the Bridled Guillemot and of the Fulmar. By Robert Warren, 



Jun., 3 



4. Observations on Mr. Warren's foregoing Paper. By Prof. J. R. Kina- 



han, M. D M 7 



5. On the Occurrence of Merlangus albus, new to Irish Ichthyology. By 



William Andrews, M. R. LA., President, . 9 



6. An Endeavour to identify Palmogloza macrococca (Kiitz.), with Descrip- 



tion of the Plant believed to be meant, and of a New Species, both, 

 however, referrible rather to the genus Mesotaenium (Nag.) (Plate I.) 

 By William Archer, 12 



7. Obituary Notice of Prof. J. R. Kinahan, M. D. By the President, . 33 



8. Occasional Notes on the Occurrence of Birds on the Shores of Killala 



Bay. No. II. The Little Auk. By Robert Warren, Jun., . . 38 



9. Record of the Occurrence of the Little Auk taken alive at Athlone. By 



F. J. Foot, M. A., 38 



10. Letter on the Occurrence of Skuas and other Birds on the Kerry Coast, 



from J. C. Neligan, 39 



11. Notes on the Dissection of some Animals from the Zoological Gardens. 



By A. W. Foot, M. B., 42 



12. Record of the Occurrence in Co. Wexford of the American Bittern, 



in December, 1862. By R. P. Williams, M. R. LA., .... 49 



13. Description of a New Species of Cosmarium (Corda), and of Penium 



(Breb.) (Plate I.) By William Archer, 49 



14. Remarks on the Salmonidse. By William Andrews, M.R.I. A., 



President, 53 



15. On a Peculiar Form of Asplenium Iiuta-Muraria (with two AVoodcuts). 



By F. J. Foot, M. A., 58 



16. Record of the Occurrence of Polypodium Phegopteris (Linn.) in the 



Neighbourhood of Dublin. By William Archer, 60 



17. On the Sea-Louse of the Baltic (with a Woodcut). By the Rev. 



Samuel Haughton, M. D., F. T. C. D., . 61 



18. Occasional Notes on the Occurrence of Birds at Killala Bay. No. III. 



By Robert Warren, Jun., 62 



19. Description of a New Species of Cosmarium (Corda), and of Arthrodes- 



mus (Ehr. ) (Plate I.) By William Archer, 66 



Annual General Meeting ; Council and Officers for 1862-3, .... 1 



Donations to Museum, 3, 37, 62 



Special Resolutions, incorporating the Dublin University Natural Science 

 Association with the Natural History Society of Dublin, .... 64 



Appendix, 



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^= The kind attention of the Honorary Secretaries of English and Foreign 

 kindred Scientific Societies is requested to the Notice in the Appendix, proposing 

 a mutual interchange of annual Publications, No. I., pp. i, ii ; the Contributions 

 which have reached this Society up to December, 1863, of those who have pre- 

 viously complied with a proposal for the opening of such reciprocal relations, will 

 be found duly acknowledged in Appendix No. HI., p. v. 



Dublin : Printed at the University Press, bv M. H. Gill. 



