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whicli had been picked up in an exhausted state in the County 

 Down on the 2nd October last, and had been forwarded for in- 

 spection by Mr. E. Patterson, of Belfast. Mr. Harting gave 

 some account of the species, and remarked upon the unusual 

 number of Petrels, Shearwaters, Skuas, and other marine birds 

 which had been driven inland to considerable distances by recent 

 gales. 



The following paper was then read: — 



1. " A Theory of Heredity based on Force instead of a special 

 form of Matter." By the Kev. Prof. Heuslow, M.A., F.L.S. 



November 19th, 1891. 



Prof. Chaeles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting w^ere read and confirmed. 



Mr. Samuel Jennings exhibited a collection of Wild Flowers 

 made by him in a recent tour through the Eocky Mountains, 

 California, and Mexico. 



Prof. G. B. Howes exhibited some dissections of Fish Crania 

 made by his pupil Mr. E.. Burne, B.A., in whicb the parts of the 

 skeleton were so displayed that they might be studied in relation 

 to the rest of the head and to the leading cranial nerves. 



Mr. Edgar F. Cooper exhibited specimens of a new variety of 

 Fotamogeton from Loughborough, lately described and figured 

 bv Mr. Alfred Fryer (Journ. Bot., Oct. 1891). 



Mr. A. W. Bennett exhibited and made remarks upon some 

 specimens of Hydrodictyon utriculatiim, Eoth {H. reticuJatum, 

 De Toui), and some drawings of anomalous Cypri^ediuin and Disa. 



The following papers were read • — 



1. " Notes on the original Portraits of Linnaeus made during a 

 recent visit to Sweden." By "William Carruthers, F.E.S., F.L.S. 



2. " On a new Fossil Plant from the Lower Coal-measures." 

 By Thomas Hick. (Communicated by William Carrutbers, 

 F.E.S., F.L.S.) 



December 3rd, 1891. 



Prof. Chaeles Stewaet, President, in tbe Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. William Henry Blaber, Walter Scott Campbell, Charles 

 Frost, James Keys, Thomas Morris Macknight, Albert Molineus, 

 William Henry Williams Stracban, Henry Herbert Suther- 

 land, and His Excellency Sir Walter Joseph Sendall were 

 elected Fellows. 



