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The Treasurer showed the recently acquired volumes purchased 

 by means of the Tajijart Bequest, and corfimented on the use of 

 buckram in place of leather. 



The lirst communication was by Mr. J. H. Owen, M.A., 

 entillt'd "Further researclies into the Life and Habits of the 

 Sparrow-] lawk, Accipter nisits (Linn.) Pall." 



After preliminary remarks on some of the less-known habits 

 of the Sparrow-llawk, Mr. Owen showed a series of nearly 

 80 lanleru-slides depicting various incidents of the incubation 

 and nestling periods. The slides were from photographs of six 

 different nests. Of special interest were series showing: — 

 (1) The efforts of the hen 1o protect tlie nestlings from the 

 effects of the sun; (2) The behaviour of the hen during incuba- 

 tion as affected by climatic conditions. 



An animated discussion followed, in which the following en- 

 gaged :— Mr. Harold J. IL Eussell, Lt.-Col. J. H. Tull Walsh, 

 Mr. Seth Smith (visitor), Mr. C. E. Salmon, Dr. W. liushton 

 Parker, and Miss Gulielma Lister, tiie lecturer replying to the 

 various questions put. 



The communication concerning the benefits to naturalists from 

 the operations of the National Trust, ainiouiiced for this meeting, 

 was postponed to a later date. 



The last communication was brought forward by Mr. H. jV. 

 Dixon, M.A., entitled "The Mosses of the AV'ollaston Expedition 

 to Dutcli New Guinea." 



The mosses were unfortunately not described with the higher 

 plants, but have since been worked out by the author, and have 

 proved of great interest. Although consisting of only some 60 

 gatherings, the collection contained types of at least two new 

 genera, Ili/ntenodontopsis and CaUistomium, and more than a dozen 

 new species, including two new species of Dcnvsoina, a genus 

 which is more highly represented in New Guinea than in any 

 other part of its rather limited distribution. 



A further collection by the Kev. J. B. Clark, of tlie London 

 Missionary Society, in the neighbourhood of Boku, British New 

 Guinea, is also included, and contains ten new species, including 

 a very beautiful PterohryeUa, and other interesting things. A 

 small species, probably of Ithizof/onmm, nan)ed jirovisionally 

 7^. orblculcire, may possibly represent the ancestral form of the 

 Khizogoniaceoc. 



Specimens of certain of these were exhibited, and also lantern- 

 slides, some being photographs and otliers specimens, mounted 

 as slides, of the mosses themselves. 



Dr.A. B. Hendle, F.H.S., Sec.L.S., and i\rr. Edmund G. Baker 

 contributed further remarks, and the author replied. 



