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DUBLIN NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 
March 10. Excursion to Loughshinny. — Members took the 12.30 
train from Amiens Street to Skerries. The party then walked along 
the seashore to Loughshinuy, where the Conductor (C. Murray. B.A.) 
discussed the formation of the contortions in the Carboniferous limestones 
and shales, which are so well de^-eloped in this locality. After tea at 
Loughshinny village the members returned to Skerries after a successful 
afternoon, in spite of the heavy rain which fell during the whole day. 
INIarch 13. — The fourth business meeting of the session was held in the 
Royal Irish Academy. G. H. Pethybridge (Vice-President) in the chair. 
Dr. Pethybridge delivered a lecture on the Survey of Vegetation. The 
lecturer gave an account of the methods adopted in the survey of vege- 
tation, and then, taking South Dublin as an example, pointed out the 
different vegetation zones lying between sea level and Kippure, viz. : — 
The littoral, the agrarian, the hill-pasture, and the moorland zones. 
The lecture was illustrated by a large series of lantern slides and maps. 
The following spoke at the conclusion of the lecture : — R. 1^1. Praeger, 
J. Wilcox, and W. B. Bruce. 
TYRONE NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 
March 23.— R. F. Dill, M.A., in the chair. G. C. Gough, B.Sc, of 
Queen's College, Belfast, lectured on " Primitive Man." The lecture 
was illustrated by limelight views, and there was a large audience. 
April 6. — ^J. W. Leebody in the chair. R. Lloyd Praeger gave a 
lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, on "The Botanist in Ireland." A 
good discussion ensued. 
ULSTER FISHERIES AND BIOLOGY ASSOCIATION. 
January 31. — Annual meeting. Sir Otto jAFFE(in the chair) moved 
the adoption of the Report, which was seconded by the Rev. President 
Hamilton, who pointed out the excellent work both in pure and applied 
biology carried on at the Larne station and at Lough Neagh. Prof 
Gregg Wilson mentioned that papers on Co. Antrim Seaweeds by J. 
Adams, and on Irish Copepods, by J. Pearson, had already been published, 
while a memoir on the Foraniinifera of the Larne district by G. C. 
Gough is in the press. The naturalist in charge of the marine station, 
Mr. H. J. Buchanan-Wolleston, is working at the Tunicata of the Antrim 
coast. The investigations at Larne Lough had been interrupted 
through the sinking of the launch — appropriately named the Mysis— 
which had to be raised and repaired. 
