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Leitrim, though not hitherto known to do so. That local bird, 

 the Siskin, was seen near Bunduff Lake, while Goldfinches were 

 noted near the same place. A curious and striking feature was 

 the complete absence of Mistle-Thrushes, Song-Thrushes, and 

 Skylarks, while the Blackbird was only seen at Glenade and 

 Mullagbmore. Some immense flocks of Starlings were seen in 

 different places. 



Botanists were unfortunately not well represented on this 

 excursion. One of the members found Silene acaulis, Rubus 

 saxatihs, Arabis hirsuta, and Saxifragn hypnoides at high altitudes 

 on the cliffs above Glenade. Other plants noted included 

 Aspknium Trichomanes, A. Ruta-muraria, A. marinum, Ceterach 

 officinarum, Listera ovata, Orchis incarnata, O. maculata, Cotelydon 

 Umbilicus — very large and plentiful — and the ground was in many 

 places carpeted with masses of the lovely pink Anagallis tenella. 



The geologists spent a busy week-end studying the highly 

 fossiliferous rocks in the district, and obtained a number of fine 

 specimens. At the east end of the bathing strand good examples 

 were noted on the boulder clay cliffs of the early stages of the 

 formation of earth pillars. At the west end cliff, fine examples of 

 calc-tufa or travertine were seen in process of- formation. 



INCH ABBEY AND THE QUOILE. (Half-Day). 



The fifth excursion took place on 3 est July, when members 

 and friends numbering seventy-four visited Inch Abbey and the 

 Valley of the Quoile, under the guidance of Messrs. J. L. S. 

 Jackson and W. A. Green. The party travelled in specially- 

 reserved carriages by the 1-50 train to Downpatrick Station, 

 where vehicles were waiting. Leaving Downpatrick behind, all 

 were soon driving through the great green woods that line the 

 road to Inch Abbey 



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