Image: The Irish naturalist (1897) (14772895861)

Description: Identifier: irishnaturalist06roya (find matches) Title: The Irish naturalist Year: 1897 (1890s) Authors: Royal Zoological Society of Ireland Subjects: Natural history Publisher: Dublin : Eason & Son, Ltd. Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: week of June. J. N. Hai^bert. The Yellow Wagtail In Ireland. To the Zoologist for August, Mr. Robert Warren contributes a usefulpaper On the Breeding Range of the Yellow Wagtail in Ireland. Thewriter narrates the history of the discoveries by which the home of thisspecies, in Thompsons time confined to Lough Neagh, has beenextended to the lakes of Galway and Mayo, so that the bird is now knownto have a continuous breeding range along the lakes of Carra, Mask, andCorrib. , ** Shore Lark In Co. Dublin: a Correction. In my notes on Irelands Eye in last months issue, I used the abovelocal name accidentally for the Rock Pipit; the Shore Lark being anextremely rare bird, and hitherto unknown in Ireland. E. Bi,AKE Knox. Grouse Disease. If any of the readers of the Irish Naturalist can forward to me at thePathological Laboratory, Trinity College, Dublin, specimens of grouseaffected by disease, sent as fresh as possible for pathological investig-ations, I shall be much obliged. E. Bi^AKE Knox. Text Appearing After Image: William Archer, f.r.s. (ABOUT 1877.) Oct., 1897.) 25 WILLIAM ARCHER, F.R.S. WiLWAM Archer, eldest son of Rev. Richard Archer, belong-ing to an old Co. Wexford family, was born May 6, 1830,and died August 14, 1897, unmarried. His only brother, HoltWaring Archer, predeceased him in 1883, leaving two sons—the sole surviving male representatives of the ** Irish Archersof Enniscorthy. The earliest indication of his scientific tastesand special talent for patient investigations in connection withminute forms of vegetable and animal life, was associated withthe Dublin Microscopical Club, which originated in the year1849. It was founded by a few students fond of naturalhistory, who met at each others houses; their names wereEugene OMeara, William Archer, E. P. Wright, Wm. Frazer,and Geo. Porte. Some others became associated with them,and a Club was formed—composed of twelve regular members—to meet monthly in the evening for social and microscopicpurposes. A limited number of visitors at Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The Irish naturalist (1897) (14772895861)
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