Vol. xlY., No. 7. July, 1905. 



CONTENTS. ' 



Page 



Irish Crustacea Ostracoda.— Rev. Canon A. M. Norman, D.C.Iy., 



V.^.S.— {cone hided) ... .. .. 149 



The Distribution of Fumitories in Ireland. — R. 1,1,. Praegkr, 156 



Notes :— 



P'urtlier note 011 the Vitality of Seeds. — ^J. Adams, M A., 

 An Irish Enteropneiist, 



A Cuckoo and its Egg. — Rkv. W. W. Flemying. M.A., 

 Quails in Co., Dublin.— Rjcv. C. W. Benson, LL D., 

 • Quails in Co. Down. — Ruv. \Vm. M'Endoo, M 



Turnstones on Lough Neagh.— E. L. L. M'Ci.intgck, 

 Tufted Duck Breeding on Lough Conn. — R. Warren, 

 Wild Cats formerh' indigenous in Ireland. — W. F. de V. Kane, 

 R. Warren, 



M.A , 



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Irish Societies: — 



" Royal Zoological Society. Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 

 Dublin Naturalists' Field Club. 



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