Vol. xrv., No. e, June, 1905. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Bottle-nosed Dolphins in Dublin Bav,— R. F. Scharff, Ph.D., 



FX.S. (Plate 4), .. . . 121 

 Irish Societies:— 



Royal Zoological Society. Dublin Microscopical Club,. . 122 



Cork Naturajists' Field Club, .. . . 123 



Birds met with on Connaught I^akes. — R. J. Ussher, . . . . H5 

 Notes: — 



Thuidiuiu delicatulum in Co. Dublin. — Rev. C. H. Waddki.1*, B.D., 133 



Notices of Irish Mollusca, . . . . . . . . , . 134 



Birds of the Skelligs.— Miss Maud J. DKI.AP, .. .. .. 134 



White Wagtails' at Bartragh, Corncrakes in Winter.— Robert Warren, 134 



Unnecessary Bird Killing.— C. B. Moffat, . . _ 135 



Iceland Gull in the Moy Estuary — R. Warren, . . . . , . 135 



Supposed Wild Cat in Ireland.— R. Warren, 135 



Irish Crustacea Ostraeoda. — Rev. Canon A. M. Norman, LIy.D., 



F.R.S., .. .. 137 



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