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adopted the plan of their ancestors in the choice of a site for 

 their first home. 



The eggs of the buzzard found in this locaUty are as a rule 

 somewhat larger than the average size for eggs of this species, 

 and many specimens are somewhat defective in coloration ; 

 several eggs in my possession are almost spotless. The birds 

 appear to be large and strong, and under the protection now 

 extended to them may continue to survive for some years , 

 although I fear the buzzard can only be considered a declining 

 species in this country. 



Special Meeting, May 19th, 1903. 

 W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



A special interest attached to this meeting, which was held 

 to celebrate the centenary of the announcement of the Atomic 

 Theory by John Dalton. 



The Society was honoured by the presence of several 

 distinguished men, including the Lord Mayor of Manchester 

 (Councillor J. Royle), Sir Henry E. Roscoe and Dr. T. E. 

 Thorpe, C.B. (representing the Royal and Chemical* Societies), 

 Professor W. H. Tilden, Professor P. F. Frankland, and Dr. A. 

 Scott (representing the Chemical Society), Professor H. E. 

 Armstrong, Mr. H. Brereton Baker, Dr. A. G. Vernon Harcourt, 

 Dr. Arthur Harden, Professor J. H. van't Hoff, Sir James Hoy, 

 Professor F. S. Kipping, Dr. W. H. Perkin, Sir William Ramsay, 

 K.C.B., Professor J. Emerson Reynolds, and Professor A. 

 Smithells. 



The proceedings began by the reading of messages and 

 addresses from scientific societies. The first of these was a 

 telegram from the Russian Physico-Chemical Society, which 

 ran : — 



" The notion of atoms having united tlirough chemistry the 

 " whole philosophy of nature has immortalised the name of John 



