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angi' Eider Duck, also a yomjg Puffin found at Cheddar. 

 Papers were read by Mr. G. I. Trusted on " Talpa (Mole), 

 and some Remarks on its Habits " (see Proceedings, page 

 56), and by Mr. C. Jecks on " Suggestions as to the Causes 

 of Difference in Colour between Flowers and Foliage of 

 Tropical and Temperate Regions," which will be found at 

 page 121. 



At the January meeting, held on Gth inst., Mr. Charbon- 

 nier showed a specimen of Grey-backed Shrike, or Butcher- 

 bird, shot at Abbot's Leigh. Dr. Munro Smith exhibited 

 and remarked upon the Water-cells of the Camel's Stomach 

 (Proceedings, page 118), and Prof. Leipner gave a paper on 

 " Plant Life." 



On February 7th, Dr. A. J. Harrison read a communica- 

 tion upon the vexed question of ophidian fascination, headed 

 " Do Snakes Fascinate their Victims ? " (see page G7), which 

 was followed by an interesting communication from Dr. W. 

 Duncan on a similar subject, entitled, " Notes on Trigono- 

 cephalus lanceolatus, the Fer de Lance Snake of Santa Lucia 

 and Martinique." 



On March Gth Prof. Lloyd Morgan gave a paper on " Per- 

 ception of Animals." An abstract of this will be found at 

 page 116. 



At the meeting held April 4th, Dr. Arthur B. Prowse gave 

 an exhaustive and interesting paper upon "Voice, Language, 

 and Phonetic Spelling," an abstract of which is printed at 

 page 153. 



At the last general, which was also the 27th annual, 

 meeting, the Hon. Sec. (Prof. Leipner) read the Report of 

 the Council, the balance-sheet was presented, and the officers 

 for the ensuing season were appointed. The Hon. Secretary 

 urged upon the members the importance of individual effort 

 in extending the influence and limits of the Society, point- 



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