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instruction beyond what was displayed. In time, however, it was found 

 that certain topics were of such universal interest that they would 

 warrant special attention, and so the plan of special lectures for the 

 schools came into being. A series of talks on ' Bees,' ' Birds,' and 

 ' Insects' was arranged for Saturday afternoons, and were open to such 

 of the grades as cared to come, and met with much success. The 

 attendance at these talks was entirely optional with the classes, the 

 Department of Education simply recommending that as many schools 

 as possible take advantage of them." 



The ' Irish Naturalist ' has made a most welcome innovation in 

 publishing the issues for January and February in one cover, and 

 devoting both entirely to the Natural History of Lambay, Co. Dublin. 

 The island of Lambay lies in the Irish Sea off the coast of Co. Dublin, 

 in N. lat. 53° 29', W. long. 6° 1', and has an area of 617 acres above 

 high-water mark. With Mr. E. Lloyd Praeger were associated a 

 number of other workers, and we have a full account of the Geology, 

 Zoology, and Botany, with historical notes of this small island. It is 

 beautifully illustrated, and we hope that this example may be followed 

 elsewhere. No island is too small nor too near our coasts for this pur- 

 pose, and the aggregate results of a number of these reports would 

 probably afford some hints and data at present rather outside the 

 purview of many of our local societies. 



The Director of the Zoological Gardens, Giza, Cairo, returned from 

 the Sudan on the 25th December, 1906, and among the living animals 

 he brought back were three young African Elephants (two males and 

 one female) from the Blue Nile. One of the males has small tusks, 

 the other is still quite a baby Elephant. These, together with the 

 three female Elephants brought from the Blue Nile in 1905, now form 

 a fine group of six African Elephants, a feature probably never seen 

 before in any Zoological Gardens. 



