.1913 1914.] 



:°5 



Winter Session. 



Note. — The Authors of the various Papers oj 'which abstracts 

 are given, are alone responsible for the views expressed in them. 



CONVERSAZIONE. 



The opening meeting of the Winter session was held in the 

 Museum, College Square North, on Tuesday, 18th November, 

 when there was a good attendance of members. A series of 

 exhibits had been arranged by the sectional secretaries, which 

 proved an interesting feature of the evening. In the Archaeological 

 Section Miss E. Andrews showed a good collection of rush 

 crosses ; Mr. William Gray, decomposed celts ; a coin dating 

 from 835 a.d., found in Glenravel crannoge ; Mr. W. C. Boyd, 

 photos of wooden book found in County Antrim ; Mr. R. Bell, 

 stone implements ; Mr. R. May, early Belfast printed books 

 and play-bills ; and a case of medals lent by the Municipal 

 Museum was on view. The members of the Botanical Section 

 gave a fine display of fresh and mounted plants. The exhibits of 

 the Geological Section included specimens of Upper Cretaceous 

 conglomerate from Moneymore ; Cretaceous fossils from Counties 

 Antrim and Derry ; microscopic sections of Irish rocks ; recent 

 geological maps ; coloured drawings of microscopic rock sections; 

 plant remains from the Coal Measures of County Roscommon ; 

 fossil sea-urchins from County Antrim ; and fossil fish teeth from 

 Counties Antrim and Armagh. The exhibit of the Zoological 

 Section included a large collection of living and preserved 

 specimens illustrative of the various Classes of the Animal 

 Kingdom. 



