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insects. Mr. N. Carrothers showed a clutch of nightjar's eggs 

 found by him in County Down. Mr. James Orr exhibited a 

 collection of the eggs of domestic fowls, showing variation in size, 

 shape, colour, &c. Among the most popular of the exhibits was 

 Mr. W. H. Gallway's collection of living marine animals, which 

 were collected by him locally, and included fine specimens of 

 Actinia, Echinodermata, Crustacea, &c. 



Three really excellent collections of land and fresh water 

 shells were shown by Mr. J. N. Milne, Mr. R. Welch, and 

 Mr. A. W. Stelfox, the latter exhibit showing fine variation of 

 one of our common land shells. Mr. W. F. M'Kinney's exhibit 

 included leaf insects from Ceylon, showing protective mimicry. 

 Mr. H. L. Orr had an interesting display of local wasps and wild 

 bees. The President of the Club (Mr. Robert Patterson, F.L.S.) 

 showed the eggs and young of the Common Scoter taken by him 

 in Ireland this year and shown for the first time, and a young tern 

 in curious intermediate plumage. Professor Symington, M.D., 

 F.R S., excited much interest with his skiagrams of developing 

 teeth, as did also Professor Gregg Wilson with his illustrations 

 of vertebrate teeth. 



Botany. — Mr. N. Carrothers, plants from the Isle of Wight, 

 &c. ; Rev. Canon Lett, M.A., M.R.I.A., some mosses under 

 cultivation ; Mr. W. H. Phillips, choice varieties of British ferns 

 and some growing specimens of new ferns ; Mr. W. Porter, fronds 

 of Athyrium raised from spores, varieties of Blechnum Spicant 

 from the Mourne Mountains; Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger, B.A., 

 M.R.I. A., varieties of ferns recently found in Ireland ; Mr. W. H. 

 Robinson, plants from French Guinea ; Mr. W. J. C. Tomlinson, 

 flowering plants collected recently in the Folkestone district ; 

 Rev. C. H. Waddell, B.D., mosses, lichens, and fungi, the latter 

 collected fresh by Mr. W. F. M'Kinney at Carnmoney. 



Geology. — The geological section included a very instructive 

 local exhibit on the geology of Cave Hill by Mr. Wm. Gray, 

 M.R.I. A. Among other exhibits might be mentioned — Miss M. 



