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Mr. Cecil E. P. Andrews, M.A., exhibited two non-British 

 Orasses which he had found last year in the Channel Islands — 

 Phalaris minor, Eetz., from sandy shores and fields in Guernsey 

 and Alderney, and Milium scabrum, Merl., from the cliffs of 

 Guernsey. He maintained that they were both native plants, 

 as the former is indigenous on the west coast of France and on 

 the north coast as far as Cherbourg and Barfleur, while the latter 

 is a native of West France as far north as Vendee, and reappears 

 on the coast of the Netherlands. He suggested that the former 

 had been passed over owing to its resemblance to P. canariensis ; 

 the latter owing to its inconspicuous habit, its early flowering, 

 and the fact that it grows on the lower slopes of the cliffs in an 

 unfrequented part of the island. 



A discussion followed in which Messrs. James Groves and G. C. 

 Druce joined, and Mr. Andrews replied. 



Mr. J. E. Harting, F.L.S., exhibited a specimen, in the flesh, of 

 the Rufous Tinamu (Ehi/ncJiotus rufesceiis) which had been shot 

 near Petersfield, Hants, on Jan. 29th, and gave some account of 

 the experiments which had been made to acclimatize this South- 

 American game-bird since its first introduction by Mr. John 

 Bateman at Brightlingsea, Essex. No difficulty had been experi- 

 enced in regard to climate or food, but inasmuch as these birds do 

 not perch in trees like Pheasants, but roost on the ground, they 

 are more liable to destruction by foxes, a circumstance which had 

 materially affected their increase. 



The following paper was read : — 



" A Report on the Zoological Results of an Expedition 

 to Mount Eoraima in British Guiana, undertaken by Messrs. 

 F. V. McConnell and J. J. Quelch.'' (Communicated by Prof. 

 Lankester, F.E.S., on behalf of the members of the British 

 Museum Staff who had prepared it.) 



February 15th, 1900. 

 Mr, Chables Baeon Clarke, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. E. Morton Middleton, F.L.S., exhibited a series of speci- 

 mens of Asplenimn Bradleyi, Eaton, one of the rarer rock ferns 

 from Tennessee, to show its extreme variability. 



The simplest fronds exhibited were found in a damp, cold, per- 

 pendicular rift, which no sunshine could enter, at an elevation of 

 about 1700 feet ; these fronds had the simple pinnate structure, 

 •with green rhachis and rounded, toothed pinnae of A. viride, 

 Hudson, but were more coriaceous than in that species. Dr. Gat- 

 tinger, author of the 'Tennessee Flora,' was satisfied that the plant 



