396 Exhibits in Natural History. [Sess. 



The key-note of our microscopical studies has been the 

 plasticity of protoplasm. You may remember how the old 

 Greek sculptor chiselled the statue of a maiden so beautiful 

 that he fell in love with it, and the goddess at his prayer gave 

 it life. The biologists of the future will be like sculptors — 

 they will not chafe into life the ivory of Pygmalion's statue, 

 they will create new and ideal forms out of living protoplasm. 



[The above report was illustrated by a number of micro- 

 scopic slides.] 



EXHIBITS IX NATURAL HISTORY. 



The following objects of interest in Natural History were 

 exhibited during the Session at the winter evening meetings 

 of the Society : — 



By Mr W. Eagle Clarke. 



The Pectoral Sandpiper (Tringa maculata) — an American bird got on. 

 the Yorkshire coast, September 1897. 



By Mr Pittendrigh. 

 Nest of the Hermit Wasp (?). 



By Mr A. B. Steele. 

 The Armed Bull-head or Pogge (Agonus cataphractus), from Newhaven. 



By Mr G. M. Brotherston. 



A live pair of the Blue Robin (Sialia sialis). 



A live pair of the Pekin Nightingale (Liothrix lutea). 



By Mr Pinkerton. 

 A shell of Cyprsea (?), found on the shore at Granton. 



A large number of microscopic objects, and of slides pre- 

 pared and described by members, were also exhibited at the 

 meeting of April 27, 1898. 



