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as by unwearied labour in its behalf in years of difficulty, and in 

 times when other similar Societies succumbed. 



The vote of thanks to Mr. Andrews was passed by cordial accla- 

 mation. 



Resolved — That Mr. Callwell and Mr. Smyth be requested to act as 

 Auditors of the Treasurer's account, to be published in the Appendix 

 to next " Part" of the Proceedings. 



The Meeting adjourned to the first Friday in December. 



FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1864. 



The Rev. Professor Hattghton, M. D., P. T. CD., President, in the 



Chair. 



The Minutes of the preceding Meeting having been read and signed, 



Mr. R. Palmer Williams laid .before the Society the following pre- 

 sentations to the Museum. He said : — On behalf of Robert Gage, Esq., 

 Rathlin Island, I have to present a fine specimen of the Ringed or Bri- 

 dled Guillemot {TJria lachrymans). Mr. Gage writes: — " \2>th July, 

 1864. — I beg herewith to send you a specimen of the Ringed Guillemot, 

 which I shot yesterday on the cliffs of this island. I got in all four 

 specimens of this bird yesterday ; they were breeding on the cliffs close 

 by the common Guillemot. I send this for presentation to the Natural 

 History Society of Dublin." This Society is not only indebted to Mr. 

 Gage for this rare bird, but also for the egg which he presented in 

 1861. Mr. Thompson concludes his notice of this bird in these 

 words : — " Little is known of this as a British, and still less as an 

 Irish, species. We must look particularly to such naturalists as visit 

 the breeding places of Guillemots to supply us Avith information both 

 respecting the IT. lackrymans and TJ. Brunnichii." It would appear 

 that in Mr. Gage we have found the man so much desired. — From Mr. 

 Frederick J. Foot I have to present skins of the following : — The Haw- 

 finch {Loxia coccothraustes), the Wheatear (Saxicola cenanthe), the tree- 

 creeper (Certhia familiar is), the Long-tailed Titmouse (Parus caudatus), 

 the Snow Bunting (Emliriza nivalis) ; also the Long-tailed Field Mouse 

 ( Mies sylvaticus). The last, Mr. Foot writes, he caught on the top of 

 Slievebawn Hill, county of Roscommon, at a height of 800 feet above the 

 sea. — I also present a young male R-uff (Trinya puynax), on the part of 

 Harry Trumperant Potts, Esq. This rare bird was shot by his brother, 

 W. T. Potts, Esq., Correen Castle, Ballinasloe ; it is very rare. Spe- 

 cimens are recorded as having been shot from time to time in the coun- 

 ties favourable for the taking of Plover, in company with which Mr. 

 Potts' donation was shot. It is a remarkable fact that the birds procured 

 have been almost all young males in immature plumage, as this one is. 

 Of instances of birds in adult plumage, not more than about six are 

 recorded ; they were obtained in spring — the immature birds in August 



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