eS ee) Pe REI ey ee ‘2 ee & tats Neate ny a: ANNUAL REPORTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE BELFAST NATURALISTS’ FIELD CLUB SERIES. LI. 1918-19 VOLUME VIII eee. 1927-28. Belfast : PRINTED BY THE NORTHERN WuHIG, LTp., BripGE STREET. 1920. matnk-) Rishi: pee wei i . “| ae L@ srr thy Se es ea oa . v hat vi, oe) Sah i a ae _ ANNUAL REPORT ee _ _ PROCEEDINGS. =a « yer a's . Part I. ry ~ VOLUMEVIII. j 4 1918-19. als ae x PRINTED FOR MEMBERS ONLY. __ PRICE OF EXTRA COPIES TO MEMBERS, 2/-. CONTENTS. PAGE List of Officers, 1918-19 ... Fi Sy ae a = i 8 Annual Reports... =a Ss os “Fes rane ae ae 5) Statement of Accounts ..., Ae ae, eae a ae. = ar ) Excursions :—Saintfield, Giant’s Ring, Drumbo, and F arrell’s Fort, Muckamore, Comber, Raughlan, River Lagan ... red Es = < 10 Conversazione... a7 or ae aw” —¢ t are af Eee = rata 3 * e. ee Se ‘ - me r 2 a ; a> Se a Pn. trae : -—— £ = - + = = 2 7 ye t Eighth Annual Report—1870-71, containing ae II., List of tent gents » aa Antrim and Down—Stewart __... x a = 2164 Ninth Annual Report—1871-72 se as we Ree is oe 1/- Tenth - do. 1872-78 Foraminifera— Wright ; and List of the Fossils of the Estuarine Clays of .1/- Proceedings, Series II., Vol. I., Part Te 1873- 74, ‘containing Appendix IIL. Tes - Fossils, 1.Plate—Praeger ahs of Mosses of North-East of Ireland—Stew art; and List of Cretaceous” PS. 2/6 Microzoa of North of Ireland—Wright, 2 Plates Series II., Vol. I., Part IT., 1874-75 rp a 3 ee Aes /: ILI., 1875-76 fal IV., 1876-77; conti Vining Appendix iv., eh Foraminifera of Down and Antrim —Wright, 1 Plate ; and Silurian Rocks of Co. Down—Swanston and Lapworth, 3.-Plates _... Pak BTS Series II., Vol. I., Parts V. and VI., 1877-78 and ’78 79 (in one)” 1/- a ’ Part VII., 1879- 80, containing Appendix V., List of Post- Tertiary Foraminifera of North-East of Treland—Wright ; and List of Mollusea of Boulder-Clay of North-East of Ireland—Stewart ... yO} Series I[., Vol. Il., Part I., 1880-81, containing Appendix VL, “List of. Foraminifera of South Donegal —W right 3 Sponge Remains from Carb. Limestone, County Sligo—Wright ; and Fossil pee epics Canby Sligo Carter, 1 Plate . rd Series II., Vol. II., Part IT., 1881-82. *. 1/ TII., 1882-83, containing Appendix VIL, Sup- plemental List of Mosses of the North-East of Ireland—Stewart .. Series I., Vol. I1., Part 1V., 1883-84, containing Appendix VIIL., Notes on Trish Coleoptera— Halliday ; ; Cromlechs of Antrim and Down—Gray, 12 Plates; and Pre-historic Monuments near Sligo—Elcock, 4 Plates! ....3/- Series 3 Vol. II., Part V., 1884-85, containing Appendix IX., Ostracoda of Belfast Lough—Malcomson ; Fungi of North of Ireland— Lett ; Fora- minifera of ‘‘ Protector” Cruise, ke. —Wright; Cretaceous Foraminifera of Keady Hill—Wright; Irish Cole optera— Patterson 23/4 ”” ? Series IT., Vol. IL, Part VI. , 1885-86, containing Appendix x The pas oe Ferns of Ulster—Phillips and Praeger Be ans Series IT., Vol..I1., Part VIL. 1886- 87, containing, “Appendix KI. Notes ae on the Sections exposed at. the Alexandra Dock, Belfast, with List of Series IT. Vol. IIT., Part I., 1887-88, ésutaiping Appendix, RAIS Marine ee Shells of the North of Treland—Praeger ao Series IT., Vol. I11., Part II., 1885-89... ‘1/ III, 1889-90, con taining Report of Larne Gravels: Committee, 2 Plates E oD Series IT., Vol. TII,, Part 1Y 1890-91 Be 3 1891-92 > VI., 1892-93 fe =a Seen Index pe Series IL., Vol. IV., Fart ie “1893- 94, containing ‘Appendix GEER ” as é ET: , 18 394- 95, Ca) a> XI IV. ise H Ill. 1895-96, *y ba XV. fF Ke “TV., 1896-97. ... re aire 45 * V., 1897-98»... is 35 es * 25 VI, 1898-99"... re po geay” i . VWIL., 1899-1900, 1900-01 (in one) ae Pitee apse “= Vol. V., Parts I. and IL, 1901-02, 1902-03 (in one} ies See: ¥, Part IIT., 1903- 04 Po |) Ep IV., 1904-05 ~ DE. fed V., 1905-06, with Appendices XVI and XVIE VI.,.1906- 07, with Index Lod Vol. VI., Part I.; 1907-08 ... ; ae 99 be ] ‘3 9 ze Z II., 1908-09 ... “a ~ ITI., 1909-10... ad BE M : TV., 1910-11, with Appendices I. & I. of Val. Ti. . as F “2 1911-19 5 6 > VI.,-1912-13; withTitlePageandIndextoVol. VI. af. - a Vol. VIL, Part I., 1913-14, with. beetle of 50th Reena 2[-s a ‘i II., 1914-15... es 1/6 3 ” TII., 1915-16 |. ie. 5 ve IV., 1916-17. ... 54 * V., 1917-18, with Title Page and Index to Vol. VIL., and pee ie ae of Vol. Til. * Vol. VIII., Part 1., 1918-19 ©... a Some of the above are now available to members at pola or NC eth a REPORT / { PROCEEDINGS. Hae Tt, . a “s - i) = i hag _— a eT s = 7 ' For Contents See Back of Cover. PRINTED FOR MEMBERS ONLY. PRICE OF EXTRA COPIES TO MEMBERS, 2/-. - CONTENTS. List of Officers, 1919-20 Annual Reports ... Statement of Accounts Excursions:—The Broadwater and Moira, The Flush, Island Mahee, Carngaver, Killough and St. John’s Point, Glenoe | Conversazione SS Se Bs he S iy Papers oe “Wiat Lux, as applied to Field Club Work ”—A,. M‘T. Cleland “The Ecology of the Lower Plants Rev. OH. Waddell, M.A. “‘Some Aspects of Plant-Life ”—R. Ll. Praeger, B.A.; B.E. | “Bye-gone Punishments”—J. A S. Stendall “New Guinea ”—C. B. Horsbrugh B Ses ae ‘Place Names of Strangford Lough Area”—J. R. H. Greeves **Salt Industries of the World ’”’—G. C. Reilly x Our Local Roses””—S. A. Bennett, B.A., B.Sc. ‘‘Birds: their Habits, Haunts, and Homes ”—D. C. Campbell, J.P. Annual Meeting ... Rules - Exchanges of Proceedings ANNUAL REPORT AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE BELFAST NATURALISTS’ FIELD CLUB, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1920. (FIFTY=-SEVENTH YEAR.) SERIES I. PART II. VOLUME VIII. 1919=20. Joint Editors: S. A. BENNETT, B.A., B.Sc. A. M‘Il. CLELAND. 0Beffast : PRINTED AT ‘*THE NORTHERN WHIG” OFFICE, VICTORIA STREET. 1920. BELFAST NATURALISTS’ FIELD CLUB. FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR, 1919-20. eeRAL COMMITTEE. President : A. M‘I. CLELAND. Vice-President : Sau BENNETE B.A., B.Sc: Treasurer : S. M. MACOUN. Librarian : SYLVANUS WEAR. Hon. Secretaries : J. Al Si SERENDAGE: A. M‘'T. CLELAND. Hon. Sec. Botanical Section: S. A. BENNETT, B.A., B.Sc. Hon. Sec. Geological Section : Dr. J. K. CHARLESWORTH, F.e.s., M.B.1.A. Hon. Sec. Zoological Section : MRS. GIBSON. Hon. Sec. Archzological Section: ROBERT MAY. Hon. Sec. Junior Section: MISS 8. BLACKWOOD. Ordinary Members of Committee: | Retire 1920. Retire 1921. Retire 1922. W. B. Burrowes. Miss E. L. Andrews. W. C. Boyd. Major A. R. Dwerryhouse, Robert Bell. Rev. W. R. Megaw D.SC., F.G.S., M.R.TA. W. Porter. _ Prof. R. H. Yapp M.A. Fergus M. Greeves. Junior Section Committee : S. A. BENNETT, B.a., B.Sc., Chairman. MISS 0. FERGUSON. J. H. GILMOUR. J. GOURLAY. J. R. H. GREEVES. AT Alii ey FD ip} ibe ho 4 ; f | q, Hay nat ni Ly hi Or “tt Me Wes | Annual Report. Your Committee has pleasure in submitting the Fifty-seventh Annual Report, as follows :— During the year 14 Ordinary, and 2 Junior Members have been elected; 19 have resigned and 1o have died. The total membership on the 31st March, 1920, is therefore 302 as against 315 recorded in the last report, a decrease of 13 members. The composition of the membership is now:—1 Honorary, 2 Corre- sponding, 2 Life, 290 Ordinary, and 7 Junior. Your Committee greatly regret the decease during the year of 2 Honorary ; 1 Life; 6 Ordinary; and 1 Junior Member. A list of their names will be found at the end of the report. Eleven Committee meetings have been held during the year, at which the attendances were as follows :— A. M‘I. Cleland Dy Dr. J. K. Charlesworth ... o Mrs. Gibson 5 Fergus M. Greeves aH OA 9 Miss E. L. Andrews 2 S. M. Macoun 10 Miss S. Blackwood 9 Robt. May 7 S. A. Bennett 8 S. Wear 6 W. C. Boyd 8 S. C. Black Robert Bell 7 Rev. W. R. Megaw W. B. Burrowes ... 3 Prof. R. H. Yapp fo) N. Carrothers EME: J. A. S. Stendall ... Roa As) Dr. A. R. Dwerryhouse ... 3 Wm. Porter ne Mae MA Mr. S. C. Black resigned from the Committee after the first meeting and Mr. Wm. Porter was co-opted. The programme of Summer Excursions was carried out in its entirety, except that the projected half-day excursion to Glenavy and Lough Neagh arranged for znd August, had to be abandoned Owing to lack of railway facilities. 45 [Proc. B.N.F.C.,,. The places visited and numbers present were as follows:— Broadwater A 17th May ee 25 Present. The Flush ost 31st May ie 56 “A Island Mahee _... rath jonen) .:. 33 FY Carngaver 28th June os 20 ‘) St. John’s Point 26th July 17 ee Glenoe __... a 16th August .. 16 85 Hillsborough _... 3oth August .. 30 ie A very successful Conversazione was held in the Carltom Hall, on 21st Octobor, 1919, at which the exhibits were, as usual, most interesting and varied, amply illustrating the fact that the Club, despite its advanced years, is still in a flourishing condition. During the Winter Session the following papers were read,. of which abstracts will be found in the Proceedings :— 1919. November 18th—‘‘ Fiat Lux: as applied to Field Club Work,” A: M‘I. Cleland. December 2nd—‘‘ The Ecology of the Lower Plants,” late Rev. C. H. Waddell, AUS Baby, M.R.TA. December 16th—‘‘Some Aspects of Plant Life,” R. Ll. Praeger, B.A., B.E. MRA. 1920. January 6th—‘‘ Bye-gone Punishments,” J. A. S. Stendall. January 20th—‘‘ Hunting for the Living Bird of Paradise in British New Guinea,” C. B. Horsbrough. February 3rd—‘‘ Place Names of Strangford Lough Area,” J R. EH. Greeves. February 17th—‘‘ Salt Industries of the World,” G. C. Reilly. March 2nd—-‘‘ Our Local Roses,” S. A. Bennett, B.A., B.Sc. March 16th-—‘‘ Birds: Their Habits, Haunts, and Ilomes,” D. C. Campbell, srl oS ORIOp. The Hon. Treasurer will lay before you his Statement of Accounts, which shows a balance in hand of £9 1s 1d. In these days of high prices, your Committee have endeavoured to cut down costs to a minimum, without seriously endangering the functions of the Club, and it is largely due to the indefatigable efforts of the Hon. Treasurer that so favourable a balance sheet can be produced. Your Committee, however, after effecting all economies it deems practicable, still find considerable difficulty in working, and unless the economic situation alters in favour of reduced prices in the near future, which seems highly improbable, it will be necessary to consider an increase in the Annual 1919-1920.] 49 Subscription, which stands the same to-day as it did in pre-war days. The report of the Hon. Librarian will also be presented. In conclusion, your Committee desire to tender their thanks to:—Mr. Wm. Best, Mr. J. L. Douie, and Rev. W. Wetherall, of Moira; Mr. R. Ardill, Island Mahee ; Mr. D. E. Lowry, of Ringneill, and Lord Arthur Hill, of Hillsborough, for their kind- ness extended to members of the Club on the Summer Excursions ; to the Press for publishing reports of the Excursions and Meetings ; to the Superintendents of the Railway Companies ; and to the Kindred Societies and Public Institutions who have favoured us with their publications. J. A. StpNEY STENDALL, j Hon Secs. A M‘I. CLELAND, Librarian’s Report. During the war certain American Exchanges have been somewhat curtailed, but the deficiencies are now being gradually made up. In answer to a request from the Director, a nearly complete set of our Proceedings has been sent the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. SyLvanus WEaR, Librarian. Meceased Members. Mr. W. W. Cleland. Sir W. Q. Ewart, Bart. Captain F. C. Forth, F.R.C.Sc.I. Mr. Humphrey Gilmour. Dr. Robert E. Hadden. Prof. Charles Lapworth, LL.D., F.R.S. Mr WwW. B. Munce. Mr. Thomas Plunkett, M.R.I.A. Mr, Adam Speers, J.P., B.Sc. Rev. C. H. Waddell, M.A., B.D., M.R.I.A. [Proc. B.N.F.C.. 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