378 [P™ - B.N.F.C., 



and to locally extinct species found on Rosapenna sand-dunes. 

 Mrs. Bernal, Tipperary, moved a vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. 

 Manning, of the Rosapenna Hotel, for the unfailing kindness and 

 courtesy accorded to the party during their stay. The vote, which 

 was seconded by the Rev. Sydney Smith, West Hartlepool, was 

 passed by hearty acclamation, and was suitably responded to by 

 Mr. Manning. 



Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger, B.A., spoke on the flora of the district 

 visited, alluding to the interesting records made, and to the great 

 variation in types of growth. 



Mr. R. J. Ussher, D.L., M.R.I.A., M.B.O.U., Waterford, 

 described an interesting find of Great Auk's bones in the kitchen- 

 middens. He also exhibited a clutch of eggs of the Peregrine 

 Falcon taken on Tory Island. 



Mr. Ussher then moved a vote of thanks to Messrs. R. LI. 

 Praeger, R. J. Welch, and A. W. Stelfox, in whose hands the entire 

 arrangements of the excursion and conference had lain. The 

 vote, which was seconded by Mr. W. F. de Vismes Kane, D.L., 

 M.R.I. A., was most enthusiastically passed. The three gentlemen 

 replied. A new member — Mrs. Patchell — having been elected by 

 the Belfast Club, the conference ended. The party broke up 

 on the following morning, returning by different trains to their 

 various destinations. 



The scientific work done on this excursion is fully detailed in 

 the Irish Naturalist for September, 19 10. 



GREYABBEY AND BALLYWALTER PARK. 



1 )espite the inclement weather which prevailed on 30th July, a 

 good party of members and friends travelled by the mid-day train 

 from the County Down Railway Station to visit Greyabbey and 

 Ballywalter Park. The party travelled in specially-reserved 



