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WEDNESDAY, 31st DECEMBER, 1890. 



Dr. James C. Cox, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A letter was read from Mrs. Stephens thanking the Members 

 for their expression of sympathy. Letters were also read from 

 the Royal Societies of Tasmania and South Australia conveying 

 resolutions of regret and sympathy on the occasion of the Society's 

 recent bereavement. 



The Chairman announced that the Annual Meeting would be 

 held on Wednesday evening, January 28th, 1891, to take precedence 

 of the Ordinary Monthly Meeting on the same date. 



DONATIONS. 



"Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum." Vols. XIII. ; 

 XV. and XVIII. (1890) ; "Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and 

 Amphibia in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.)." Part iv. (1890); 

 By R. Lydekker, B.A., F.G.S., &c. ; "A Guide to the Exhibition 

 Galleries of the Department of Geology and Palaeontology." Parts 

 I. and IL (1890). From the Trustees. 



" Proceedings of the Royal Society of London." Vols. XL VI., 

 No. 285 ; XLVIL, Nos. 286-291 ; XLVIII., Nos. 292 and 293 

 (1890). From the Society. 



" Annales de la Soci^te Entomologique de Belgique." Tomes 

 XXXIL & XXXIIL (1888-89). From the Society. 



