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The specimens of these hitherto unrecorded species from 

 Ireland have been deposited in the National Museum, 

 Dublin. 



Hillsborough, Co. Down. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



EOYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include three Black Mangabeys from Mr. T. K. Laidlaw, 

 a Mona Monkey from Mr. T. A. Finch, Peafowl from Sir F. Heygate and 

 Miss May, Pigeons from Gen. Beatty and Mr. T. E. Mills, and a Blue- 

 fronted Amazon from Mr. W. S. CoUes. A Roseate Cockatoo has been 

 received on deposit. 



Three Lion cubs — a male and two females — have been born in the 

 gardens, the parents being " Red Hugh" and " Fiona." 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



July 10-14. — Excursion to Ballycastle District. — A party 

 of twenty-four left Belfast under the leadership of N. H. Foster and R. J. 

 Welch, on Saturday, the loth. Two more members joined at Ballycastle. 

 From the hotel, brakes conveyed the party to Fair Head, the inland road 

 being taken. En route the ruins of Bun-na -Margie Abbey — the ancient 

 burial-place of the clan MacDonnell — ^were passed. The party w^as con- 

 ducted along the summit of the cliff, across the outlet from Lough Doo, 

 and downwards towards the stream issuing from Lough -na-Cranagh, from 

 which a somewhat slippery path bordered by the Grass of Parnassus (now 

 in full flower) gave access to the road at Colliery Bay, whence the party, 

 remounting the brakes, returned to the hotel. For Sunday there was no 

 fixed programme. Some of the party devoted the forenoon to the woods 

 and flint gravels in Glenshesk, where also owls' pellets were collected, and 

 the afternoon to Plantation Port, at Kinbane Head ; others paid a visit 

 during the day to Bun-na -Margie Abbey and to the camp of the Innis- 

 killings on the Ballycastle Heads. Bright sunshine favoured the party 

 on Monday in their exploration of Whitepark Bay. The profusion of 

 bloom on the " Flower of Dunluce," Geranium pratense, which here grows 

 in w41d luxuriance, was admired. After lunch the members were led 

 from Portbraddan round the base of the limestone cliffs, tenanted, as 

 usual, by a large nesting colony of House -martens, to the sandy shore. 

 On reaching the kitchen -middens active search was prosecuted for relics 

 of ancient man. A fine series of photos of flint implements, &c., sent by 

 William Gray, M.R.I.A., and a number of the implements themselves 

 brought by R. Welch, greatly aided the party in their search. Proceeding 



