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N.H.Foster, M.B.O.U. : Woodlice collected during Cork Conference 

 week, July, 1907. W. H. GaIvT^way : Development of Dog-fisli ; jaws of 

 Port Jackson and common Sharks. J. Hamii^TON : Insects from the 

 Amazons. J. ly. S Jackson: Living specimens of Netterjack, Change- 

 able, and Fire Toads, also Salamanders, Common Frog and Newts. 

 H. M'CivEERY : Insect anatomy (microscopic demonstration). W. S. 

 M'Kee : Pond life (microscopic demonstration). H. L. Orr : Skulls of 

 Mammals, R. PATTERSON, F-L.S. : Pair of adult Tree Sparrows and 

 young from County Donegal — the first obtained in Ulster ; Case of young 

 Coots to illustrate independent young ; Skull of American Coypu 

 (Water Rat) recently captured at Holy wood, compared with skull of 

 Common Rat. S. M. vStears : Night Heron, Glossy Ibis. A. W. 

 Stei.fox : Laud and freshwater shells collected during Cork Conference 

 week,Juh-, 1907. Prof. Symington, M.D., F.R.S. : A series of illustra- 

 tions of the brains of Apes and Man. Prof. Gregg W11.SON, D.Sc.,, 

 M.R.I.A. : Demonstration showing how to tell the age of Fishes, Snakes, 

 poisonous and non-poisonous : Living marine animals. R. Wei,CH, 

 M.R.I.A. : Land and freshwater shells. 



Misceli^aneous: — F. C. Forth, A.R.C.ScI. : Ph3'sical apparatus, 

 models, &c. W. Gray, M.R.I.A. : Models of pre-historic Irish monu- 

 ments W. A. Green : Crusies, Irish and Continental. A. R. Hogg : 

 Examples of colour photography. R. May : Old Ulster door and gate 

 keys ; Two ancient iron hammers ; Ivor}' paper-knife found in excava- 

 tion of site for Scottish Provident buildings. D. C. Patterson : 

 Humorous drawing of exterior of Dr. J. S. Bowerbank's house in 1846. 

 S. M. Stears: Ancient steel gun crossbow. 



Microscopic Demonstrations,— By Miss M. K. Andrews, Messrs. 

 Dewhurst, Gray, M'Ci.eery, M'Kee, Wright, Prof. Gregg Wii^son, 

 and others. 



At 9.15 an adjournment was made to the large hall, where a short 

 business meeting enabled the President to give a heart}' welcome to all 

 who had responded to his invitation, and a summary of the Club's aims 

 and objects Twelve new members were elected^ and a unique and 

 beautiful series of pictures of wild bird life on our coasts, taken by Oliver 

 G. Pike, were shown b}' a cinematograph. The meeting concluded with 

 the usual lantern display of photographs taken on the Club's 

 excursions. 



November 19.— The Vice-President (N. H. Foster, M.B.O.U.) in the 

 chair. Robert Welch, M.R.I.A., gave a brief description of the dis- 

 covery and scientific value of Bythinia Leachii, a shell new to the Irish 

 fauna. Professor C. J. Patten, M. A , M.D., D.Sc, of Sheffield University, 

 read a paper entitled " Links in Man's Ancestral Chain," in which he 

 referred to the strides which had taken place in recent years regarding 

 our knowledge of man's origin and his place in Nature. Dr. Patten dealt 

 with the links connecting some of the most primitive of the living races 

 of mankind with the highest types, and also with those connecting man 

 with his nearest ape-like kinsman. The lecturer touched briefl}' on the 

 anatomy and habits of the man-like apes now existing. The paper was 



