eports flf P^cctiitgs. 



GENERAL. 



THE present issue of the Proceedings of the Bristol 

 Naturalists' Society includes, in addition to papers be- 

 longing to the past session, others read before the Society 

 since the end of last year. This course has been adopted 

 because it was thought undesirable that two communications 

 should remain unpublished for nearly a year. 



During the period represented by this issue of the Pro- 

 ceedings there have been twelve general meetings. 



At the annual meeting, held January 16th, 1896, Dr. 

 Sidney Young, F.R.S., delivered an address on the " Nature 

 of Liquids and Gases," illustrated by experiments. 



The meeting of February 6th was devoted to the exhi- 

 bition of various objects of interest. Mr. C. H. Walker 

 showed weapons from Uganda and an Indian cricket (Schizo- 

 dactylus nionstrosus) . The Rev. R. Chichester two nests of 

 the Red-backed Shrike, and a large series of eggs of the same 

 bird. The points of interest in the nests were that in one 

 instance the larder included an impaled female bird of the 

 same species, and in the other that the young were albinos. 

 Mr. G. C. Griffiths showed several cases of Lepidoptera, 

 chiefly of the Coppers and Blues (Lycanidoe) ; and Mr. Moun- 

 teney various exhibits, of which the most interesting was a 

 pair of Blue-headed Wagtails shot in May, 1890, near 



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