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The Irish Naturalist. 



January, 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



October 25. — Annuai, Conversazione. — The winter session of the 

 Club's forty-second year was opened by a conversazione in the Exhibition 

 Hall. The attendance of members and their friends was over 400, while 

 the exhibits were numerous and varied. 



Tea was served from seven till eight o'clock. The following is a list of 

 the exhibitors : — 



Botany.— N. Carrothers, George Donaldson, F. C. Forth, W. A. Green, 

 John Hamilton, Miss Kidd, A. Milligau, H. Lamont Orr, W. H. Phillips, 

 R. Ivloyd Praeger, Rev. C. H. Waddell. 



Zooi^OGY. —William Allen, John Cottney, Mrs. Foster, N. H. Foster, 

 Rev. George Foster, W. H. Gallway, W. A. Green, Miss Hill, Rev. W. F. 

 Johnson, J. H. Macllwaine, J. N. Milne, W. S. M'Kee, W. F. M'Kinney, 

 H. ly. Orr, Robert Patterson, R. F. Scharff, Rev. C. H. Waddell, R. 

 Welch, A. W. Stelfox, Prof. Gregg Wilson. 



Geoi^oGY.— Dr. George Abbott, Miss M. K. Andrews, Robert Bell, 

 William Christy, W. J. Fennell, George C. Gough, William Gray, J. 

 Strachan, Joseph Wright. 



M1SCEI.I/ANEOUS. — Miss Andrews, William Gray, Mrs. Hobsou, Fraulein 

 Magnussen, W. F. M'Kinney, Robert May, Mrs. Riddel, D. Steel, R. 

 Welch, George Donaldson. 



At half-past eight o'clock a short business meeting was held, the Pre- 

 .sident (W. J. Fennell, M.R.I.A.I.) in the chair. 



On the conclusion of the President's address, William Gray, 

 M.R.I. A., moved, and W. H. Phillips seconded, that Thomas 

 Plunkett, M.R.I.A., Knniskillen, be elected an honorary member of the 

 Club, which was carried by acclamation, and afterwards sixteen ladies 

 and gentlemen were elected to membership. The remaining business 

 consisted of the presentation of prizes to those members to whom they 

 had been awarded during the year, the recipients being Rev. George 

 Foster, N. H. Foster, Miss Kidd, Miss May Porter, W. J. C. Tomlinson, 

 George Donaldson, and Miss Yvonne Courvoisier (special prize). On 

 the conclusion of the business meeting, the lights were lowered and the 

 lantern display proceeded with, when a large number of interesting 

 views, principally taken on the Club's summer excursions, were projected 

 on the screen, and described by Messrs. Fennell, Green, Hogg, and 

 Welch. Afterwards, the hall having been again lighted up, further op- 

 portunity was afforded for examination of the exhibits. 



November 15.— The President (W. J. F'ENNEi^r,, M.R.I.A.I.), sub- 

 mitted his report as delegate to the Committee of Corresponding Societies 

 of the British Association, whose meetings he had attended at 

 Cambridge, August, 1904. Wii,i,iAM Gray, M.R.I A., and Robert 

 Wei«CH^ spoke to the report. 



Afterwards Mr. Fennell proceeded to deliver his Presidential address, 

 the subject of which was the Sligo Conference, a full account of whicli 

 appeared in this Journal for September. 



