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was largely attended by members and visitors. The meeting commenced 

 at 7.30 o'clock, and at 8.30, the' Vice-President (C. B. Moffat, R.A.) took 

 the chair and welcomed the visitors. Prof, CoivE then delivered a 

 lecture on " A vStudent's Tour around Ireland." which gave an account, 

 illustrated by lantern slides, of the annual tour of the agricultural 

 students of the Royal College of Science. Messrs. W. H. Phillips 

 (President Belfast N.F.C.) and Nevin H. Foster, M.B.O.U., represented 

 the Belfast Field Club at the meeting. During the evening a number of 

 scientific exhibits were displayed, including the following: — R. M. 

 BarringTON, V .\,.^.—Jtinco hwinaiis 2i\\^ Hypolais polyglotla, two birds new 

 to Ireland. F\ G. BEi<iy. — Collection of photographs relating to natural 

 history. Miss Bernard. — Specimen of Russian Convolvulus. W. B. 

 Bruce.— Collection of Irish grasses. J. J. Buckley.— Tonga clubs. 

 F. W. Burbidge, M.A. (President). —Collections of Botanical vSpecimens. 

 Prof. G. H. Carpenter. B.Sc. — {a) Irish specimens of the Warble-fly 

 {Hypodcnna bovis) with eggs, larvae, and puparia ; {b) New Pycnogonida 

 from the deep Atlantic region of the Irish marine area. Miss Conan. — 

 Collection of South African plants, H. K. GoRE CuTheert.— Lantern 

 slides from photographs taken on D. N.F.C. excursion to Moorhill, June, 

 1905- J- Duffy. — Gold-bearing quartz from Croghan Kiushelagh, Co. 

 Wicklow. F, O'B. Er^r^isON, B.A, {a) Microscopic exhibit of young 

 wood-louse entrapped in a utricle of Utricuiaria', {b) Illustrations of 

 diffraction in microscopic objects. Miss Ei^mes, B. A.— Collection of 

 rock-specimens and crystals from the St. Gothard, Switzerland. A H. 

 FooRD, Ph.D.— Scottish Carboniferous fossils. N. H. FOSTER, 

 M B.C. U,— Down feathers from nests of Aimiidce (12 species). W. F. 

 GuNN.— Some diagrammatic statistics of the Club. W. F. Gunn and 

 Miss Winifred Gunn.— Autumnal fruits. J. N. Hai^berT.— (^z) Irish 

 Lepidoptera (Moths) from the collection of the Science and Art Museum ; 

 (<5) Arrheniitiis neii/nani, Piersig. a Water-mite new to the British Isles, 

 j. A. Henderson. — Collection of rock-specimens from Co. F'ermanagh. 

 Stani,ey W. Kemp, B. A.— Deep-water Echinodermata from the West 

 Coast of Ireland, Prof, T. Johnson, D.Sc, F.L.S.— («) Spongosphora 

 Solani, Brunch, a Potato Slime-fungus ; {b) Stereograph from the 

 Botanical Collection, National Museum. Miss M. C. Knowi.ES.— (a) 

 Leaves from a white deposit underneath a cut-away bog. Drunishambo, 

 Co. Tyrone ; (^) Collection of casuals from Straffan, Co. Kildare. [Both 

 from Botanical Collection National Museum.] Miss M'Ardi^e. — Set of 

 Irish flowering plants yielding dyes. [From the Botanical Collection, 

 National Museum.] F. Neai.e.— Nest of Long-Tailed Tit from Mul- 

 huddart, Co Dublin. A. R. Nicholas, B.A.— (fz) Eggs of Chilian 

 Tinamou {Nothoprocta pcrdicaria); {b) Eggs of Pentland's Tinamou 

 {7 mainotis pentlandi), ChiM. GEO. H. PeThybridGE, Ph.D., B.Sc, and 

 R. Liv. PRAEGER, B.A., B.E. — Map showing distribution of vegetation in 

 district south of Dublin. Geo. H. Pethybridge, Ph.D., B.Sc— Field 

 maps, showing progress of Vegetation Survey in district north of Dublin, 

 R Li<^ PraEGER, B.A., B.E. — Some rare plants collected last season in 



