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dth March, 1894. 



Professor FitzGerald, President of the Society, occupied the 

 Chair. 



Mr. Robert Patterson, M.B.O.U., Honorary Secretary of the 

 Ulster Fauna Committee, contributed some Notes on 



THE OCCURRENCE OF THE MARTEN (MARTES 

 SYLVATICA) IN ULSTER. 



He gave particulars of the discovery within the past few 

 years in the various counties of Ulster. In County Down one 

 of the most recent discoveries was in 1 891, at Finnebrogue, near 

 Downpatrick, which had been stuffed, and presented to the 

 Museum by Major Maxwell. In October of the the same year 

 another was caught near Bryansford, which was also on view. 

 This specimen seemed to have been trapped before, as one of its 

 legs was gone. He had not been able to obtain any recent 

 records of the presence of the Marten in the Counties of Armagh, 

 Monaghan, Londonderry, and Tyrone. He would be glad to 

 hear of any other appearances of this somewhat rare animal in 

 the different counties of Ulster. 



Mr. R. M. Young read some Notes on 

 A RECENT FIND OF IRISH ELK BONES IN BELFAST. 



He said in connection with the great system of main drainage 

 which was now approaching completion, under the able 

 superintendence of Mr. J. C. Bretland, M.I.C.E., the city 

 surveyor, excavations for an intercepting sewer were made in 



