Vol. xiv., No. 2. February, 1905. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Additions to " Irish Topographical Botany " in 1904. — R. Lloyd 



Prabgkr, . . • . . . . . . . . . . 21 



Coleoptera at Lough Neagh and at Portrush. — Prof. T. Hudson 



BKAim, F.K.S., . . . . . . . . 30 



A peculiar case of Necrosis in a Lapwing's Foot. — A. R. Nichols, 



M.A., . . . . . . .... . . . . 32 



The occurrence of Yew in a Peat Bog in Queen's Co. — ^J. Adams, 



MA. (Plate'-i.), ^. .. .. .. .. 34 



Irish Societies: — 



Royal Zoological Society. Dublin Microscopical Club, . . . . 35 



Irish Field Club Union, . . . . . . . . . . 36 



Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, .. 37 



Belfast Na\ural History and Philosophical Society, . . . . 38 



Reviews :— 



Gibson's * Superstitions about Animals."— (G.H.C.), . . . . 38 



Campbell's " Natural History of the Bell Rock,'.' . . . . . . 39 



Notes .-— 



A Rare Alga in the Upper Bann —J. H. Davies, . . . . . . 39 



Sligo Ferns.— CuTHBERT Harrison. R. Li,. f>RAEGER, . . . . 39, 40 



Abnormal Growth of Polypody. — Rev. W. W. Fi^emyng, M.A., . . 40 

 The Vitality of Seeds.— W. Percivai. Westei<Iv, M.B O.U. R. D. 



O'Brien, ... .. . .. ... .. 40,41 



Irish Marine Worms, .. ... ... .. ... 42 



Irish Woodlice and Marine Isopoda, . . . ... . . 42 



Tame Dragon-flies.— J. H. Johnston, . . . . . . 43 



Shearwaters in 1901. — R. J.Ussher, DL , ... ... ,. 43 



Little Auk at Portmarnock — ^J. Trumbui,!., L.R.C.S.I., ... ... 44 



A White Water Rail — R. Patterson, M.R.I. A:, .. .. ., 44 



News Gi^eanings, . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 



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