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them advantages over their fellows. The thing which he claimed to be 

 wrong was the introduction of anthropomorphic suggestions arising out 

 of the words " purpose and intelligence," to define the faculties which 

 lead to these phenomena in the lower animals. He recently had a very 

 interesting correspondence as to this with Professor Flinders-Petrie, who 

 had suggested a word with which he was far from satisfied, but which 

 seemed to be the happiest which could be arrived at for the moment. 

 He had discussed this in a note to the paper he had read, which would 

 appear in due course in the Journal. 



A very hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Heron- Allen for 

 his exceedingly interesting communication, and the Meeting then 

 terminated. 



It was announced that the next Meeting of the Society would take 

 place on November 17, at 8 p.m. 



The next Meeting of the Biological Section would be held on 

 Wednesday, November 3 (6 . 30 for 7), when Mr. Rousselet would make 

 a communication on " The Resting Eggs of Eotifers." 



New Fellow : — Albert James Hartland was elected an Ordinary 

 Fellow of the Society. 



At a Special Meeting of the Society (in accordance with By-laws 100 

 and 101), held on Wednesday, November 17, 1915, at 20 Hanover Square, 

 to consider the suspension of By-law 76, so that the Ordinary Meetings 

 of the Society might be held at an earlier hour, there were present 

 Mr. D. J. Scourfield, F.Z.S., etc., Vice-President, in the Chair, and 

 twenty-three Fellows. 



The Chairman invited suggestions from the Fellows present as to 

 the hour at which they might most conveniently meet, and after some 

 discussion it was proposed by Mr. E. J. Sheppard, and seconded by 

 Mr. C. E. Heath, that the Meetings be held at 8 p.m. as previously. 



The motion having been put to the Meeting and a show of hands 

 taken, the resolution was duly passed. 



The Chairman then declared the Meeting to be an Ordinary one, 

 and the Minutes of the Meeting of October 20 were read and confirmed, 

 and signed by the Chairman. 



