CONTENTS. 



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List of Officers, 1911-12 ' 479 



Annual Reports ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 481 



Statement of Accounts ... ... ... ... ... . . ... 490 



Excursions : — Magheramorne, Torr Head, Hillsport, Kilclief and Killard 

 Point, Baron's Court, Cavan and District, Ellis's Cut, Loughgall 



and Armagh, Kells and Connor, Colin Glen, Glenshesk, Ardglass ... 491 



Extraordinary General Meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... 493 



Conversazione ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 510 .j 



Papers : — "Sand-Hills: Their Formation, Fauna and Flora" — Presidential 



Address— R. J. Welch, M.R.I. A old 



"Plant Communities"— Rev. C. H. Waddell, B.D. ... ... 5l6j 



"Water Supply from Underground Sources "—A. R. Dwerryhouse, D.Sc. 527- 



"A Talk about Birds "— N. H. Foster, M.B.O.U 518 



" The Fauna of Cavan "—Members of Zoological Section ... ... 5181 



"The Vegetation of Calcareous Soils"— S. A. Bennett, B.Sc. ... 520* 



"The Raths of an Ancient Settlement between the Bann and the 

 Main Rivers, on the banks of Lough Neagh " — F. J. Bigger, 



M.R.I.A 520g 



" Forest Trees " — Arthur Deane ... ... . ... ... 522* 



"Rare Birds in the Municipal Collection "— J. A. S. Stendall ... 522 



"Kitchen-Middens in Dingle Bay "—Rev. W. P. Carmody and A. G. 



Wilson, J.P 584 



" The Possibilities arising from Nature Study " — J. "A. S. Stendall ... 525 



4 ' The Indigenous Trees in our Woodlands "—Rev. C. H. Waddell, B. D. 527 



" Local Fossils and their Correlation to Recent Types " — James Orr... 527 



"The Life History of Insects"— J. A. S. Stendall ... ... . ... 528 



" The Relation of the Plant and the Soil "— F. Balfour Browne, M. A. 528 

 "Recent Advances in the Evolution Theory" — Professor G. H. 



Carpenter, B.Sc, M.R.I.A. ... ... ... ... 528- 



"Geological Aspects of Coast Erosion" — W. J. C. Tomlinson ... 531 ' 



"Chalk and its Formation "— S. A. Bennett, B.Sc. ... ... 532 



" Exhibition of Plants, with Notes on their General Characters and 



Habitats" — Members of Botanical Section ... ... ... 532 



"Report of Delegate to Corresponding Societies' Committee of the 



. British Association " — F. Balfour Browne, M. A. ... ... 533 



"Natural History of the Dragon-Fly "— F. Balfour Browne, M.A. ... 535 



"Beekite or Cycloidal Chalcedony" — J. Strachan ... ... ... 536 



"Pond Life" — Joseph Maxwell, J.P. ... ... ... ... 548 



Annual Meeting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 548 



Rules 550 



Exchanges ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 553 



List of Members ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 556 



List of Junior Members ... ... ... ... ... ... 562 



Listof Officers, 1912-13 563 



