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they breed at greater distances from each other, and not in masses, 

 as the latter bird. Its bill is sharp and narrow, like a razor, and 

 hence its name. The puffin has a curious habit of dislodging 

 rabbits from their holes where they hatch their eggs. The beak 

 is peculiarly broad and compressed, having at a distance the ap- 

 pearance of a parrot's, the feet, being more forward than those of 

 the guillemot and razorbill, enable it to walk, whereas the others 

 waddle. The following birds are common in the neighbourhood 

 of Tenby : — viz. missel thrush, jackdaw, fieldfare, magpie, wren, 

 blackbird, song-thrush, redbreast, redstart, stonechat, sedge-warbler, 

 tree pipit, swallow, martin, sand-martin, wood-pigeon, partridge, 

 moorhen, dabchick, skylark, chaffinch, greenfinch, linnet, starling, 

 gulls, cormorant, and peregrine falcon. 



The county and coast of Pembrokeshire is celebrated for an ex- 

 cellent breed of falcons, of which we have the following notice in 

 " Fuller's Worthies : " — "King Henry II. passing hence into Ireland, 

 cast off" a Norway goshawk at one of these, but the goshawk, taken 

 at the source by the falcon, soon fell down at the king's feet, which 

 in this rumage made him yearly afterwards send hither for eyesses. 

 These hawks' eries are found in the rocks of this shire." 



MEETING, NovEMBEK 3, 1871. 

 The President in the Chair. 



The second meeting for the term was held on 3d November, 

 There were eighty-five members and visitors present. 



The following donations to the Museum and Botanic Garden 

 were announced : — Skin of Snake from California, by Mrs Ward, 

 Belfast ; Tiger's Teeth, by C. S. Penney, 0. C. ; Skin of Indian 

 Snake, by A. Younghusband ; a large Series of Fossils, by S. 

 Worsley, Esq. ; over a hundred Herbaceous Plants, from the 

 Botanic Garden, HuD, by J. Niven, Esq. ; fifty Herbaceous Plants, 

 by Rev. H. N. EUacombe ; Lace Bark, by S. Douglas ; some Coins, 

 by W. E. Hill. 



A most interesting lecture on " The Magic Lantern as applied 

 to Scientific Teaching," was delivered by Rev. Walter J. Whiting. 

 The subject throughout was illustrated by slides shown in the 

 lecturer's lantern. At the close, a vote of thanks to Mr Whiting 

 was proposed by T. H. Warren, seconded by J. F. M. H. Stone, 

 and unanimously carried. 



