x-xiv Pkockkdings. [April yt/i, tqi^. 



of the English Language,'^ by U. Lindelof (University of Washing- 

 ton Publications, English, T.) (i2mo., Seattle, iQii), and "77/6? 

 Political and Ecclesiastical Allegory of the First Book of the 

 Faerie Queerie" by F. M Padelford (University of Washington 

 Publications, English, II.) (lamo., Boston, etc., n.d.), ])resented 

 by the University of Washington, Seattle ; and one hundred and 

 seventy-three Theses, presented by K. Christian-Albrechts Uni- 

 versitat, Kiel. 



The President referred to the death of Sir John Murray, 

 KC.B., Sc.D., F.R.S., on March T6th. Sir John Murray had 

 been an Honorary Member of the Society since 1894. 



Four papers, on a Faunal Survey of Rostherne Mere, 



were read : — 



1. Introduction and methods. By W. M. Tatter- 



SALL, D.Sc, and T. A. Coward, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



2. Preliminary account of the Flora. By R. S. 



Adamson, M.A., B.Sc. 



3. Vertebrata. By T. A. Coward, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



4. Preliminary list of Lepidoptera. By A. W. 



BovD, M.A., F.E.S. 



Nos. I, 3 and 4 are printed in full in the Memoirs. No. 2 

 will appear later. 



General INIeeting, April 7th, 1914. 



The President, Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. S. Lees, M.A., Assoc.M.S.T., Fellow of St. John's 

 College, Cambridge, Reader in Applied Thermo-Dynamics in 

 the Faculty of Technology, the University of Manchester, was 

 elected an ordinary member of the Society. 



