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water, but as it was not working steadily one of the incan- 

 descent submarine lamps was lowered over the side and 

 kept a few inches under water, and this proved most effec- 

 tive in attracting animals to a stationary tow-net or a hand 

 net beside it. 



Some samples of the mud and other deposits brought up 

 by the dredge from several localities during this cruise, 

 and that of the " Spindrift " on September '27th, have been 

 carefully examined by Mr. F. G. Pearcey, of the Manchester 

 Museum, for Foraminifera. Mr. Pearcey has kindly sup- 

 plied me with a list of the 71 species found, which I append 

 to this Keport (see Appendix A, p. 40). It will be noticed 

 that this list of Foraminifera adds 8 species to those jire- 

 viously recorded in our district, and of these one, Amnio- 

 discus spectahilis, is new to British seas. Mr. E. 

 Halkyard, F.R.M.S., informs me that he has found 

 at Southport the two unrecorded species Poli/morphina 

 sororia and P. mi/ristiformis ; while further additions 

 to our list have been made from material collected by Mr. 

 Thompson from the Mersey at Aigburth, and examined 

 by Mr. E. Burgess, and which will form the subject of a 

 separate paper in the Transactions of the Liverpool Bio- 

 logical Society, Vol. V., p. 73. 



On the fourth day the " Hyaena" returned through the 

 Menai Straits to Liverpool. As usual the specimens col- 

 lected were distributed to our specialists, and are now in 

 process of being worked out. I have only been able to 

 give a meagre preliminary account of the results, and I 

 have no doubt we shall hear more in future L.M.B.C. 

 Reports of the " Hyasna" expedition of 1890. 



Other Dredging Expeditions. 

 Through the kindness of Mr. J. Herbert Lewis a small 

 tug, the " Albert," belonging to Messrs. Coppach, Carter 

 and Co., of Connah's Quay, was lent to the Committee for 



