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length of the room in which members were sitting. He found 

 it to be 73 ft., so that some idea of the enormous size frequently- 

 attained by individuals of these species could be formed. 

 As a result of the observations and records of the whalinfr 

 stations which had now been kept for some years by Mr, 

 Haldane, of Ollaberry, Shetland, our knowledge of the whales^ 

 had been enormously extended. Several species which were 

 formerly regarded as very rare were now known to be abundant 

 at certain times of the year and to be subject to migrations 

 which for extent could only be compared with those of some 

 birds. They seemed to follow a circular route in which, 

 appearing in early spring on the Atlantic coasts of Ireland, 

 they gradually worked northwards by way of Shetland and 

 the Norway coast to the Arctic seas. Then by way of 

 Iceland to the western Atlantic, where, following the coast- 

 line southwards, they wintered in Bermudan and tropical waters,, 

 to reappear again in the following spring on the Irish coast. 



After some remarks by Mr. Heron-Allen, a hearty vote of 

 thanks was accorded to Mr. Earland for his very interesting 

 paper. Mr. Earland, briefly replying, said he was much indebted 

 to Messrs. H. F. Angus <fe Co. for the loan of the numerous 

 microscopes under which many of the forms he described were- 

 exhibited. 



At the meeting of the Club held on April 26th, 1910, Prof. 

 E. A. Minchin, M.A., F.Z.S., President, in the chair, the minutes- 

 of the meeting held on March 22nd were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. William J. Lawrence, George F. Jones, E. W. Parfitt, 

 the Hon. William H. Lascelles, the Rev. E. Jervis and L. F. 

 Hammond were balloted for and duly elected members of the 

 Club. 



The list of donations to the Club was read and the thanks of 

 the members were voted to the donors. 



The Hon. Secretary read the following announcement : 



Prof. James W. H. Trail, M.A., M.D., F.E.S., has presented 

 to the Linnean Society a sum of money for the purpose of 

 encouraging the study of protoplasm. An award will be made 

 about once in every live years for original work bearing directly, 

 or indirectly, upon the " physical basis of life." With the award 

 the Linnean Society will present a bronze medal, bearing on the^ 



