Vol. Xlv., No. 5. May, 1905 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



The Duration of Flight among Bats. — C. B. Moffat, . . 97 



Foraminifem in Irish Greensands. — Geo. C. Gough, A.R.C.Sc, 109 



Some Lepidoptera from Co. Fermanagh. — Chas. Langha^m, . . no 



Irish Societies:— 



Royal Zoological Society. Dublin Microscopical Club, .. .. 112 



Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, .. .. 113 



Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, .. .. 113 



Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, .. .. .. 115 



Review :— 



Holt and Tattersall's " Schizopodous Crustacea," Caiman's "Nemato- 



brachion" (R-F.S.), .. .. .. .. .. ir6 



News Gleanings, .. .. .. .. 117 



Notes: — 



Vegetation on Brickwork in Cork.— R. Wki,ch, M.R.I.A., . . , . iiS 



Distribution of Cochlearia officinalis and C. anglica. — R. A. Phii^lips, ii8 



Greenland Falcon in Co. Donegal , Corncrakes in Winter.— R. Patterson, 



M.R.I.A., .. .. ... .. .. .. 119 



Common Bittern in Co. Wexford. — ^J. H. Johnston^ .. .. 119 



The last Wild Red Deer, Co. Donegal,— R. Wei^ch, M.R.I. A., . . 120 



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