THE IRISH NATURALIST 



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OF 



Gl^^NElUL IRISH NATURAL HISTORY 



ORGAN OF THE 



Royal Zoological Society of Ireland ; Dublin Microscopical Chtb ; 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club ; Dublin Naturalists' Field Chtb , 

 Co?-l: Naturalists' Field Club ; Tyrone Naturalists^ Field Club. 



KDITFD BY 



GEORGE H. CARPENTER, M.Sc, M.R.I A., 

 R. I,I.OYD PRAEGER, B.A , B.E., M.R.I. A. 



AND 



ROBERT J. WELCH, M.R.I.A. 



VOL. XXIV. 



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