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gave an interesting account of the principal orders of 
insects and described the life-histories and structure of 
many of them. 
Mr, James E. Whiting exhibited a female Pied 
Flycatcher (Muscicapa atricapilla, Linn), which had been 
caught on Mr, Tooley’s farm, North End, and which is 
a rare bird in the Hampstead district. 
Friday, 1oth May, 1901. Mr. Basil W. Martin, 
F.Z.S., in the Chair. Dr. J. W. Williams, F.L.S., 
read a paper entitled ‘‘Animal Communities and their 
meaning.” Communal life as illustrated by Bees, 
Ants, Termites, Wasps, etc., was fully dealt with. 
Mr. Basil W. Martin, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., read a 
short “ Note on the Great Bustard” (O¢zs tarda, Linn.), 
in which he described that bird and the efforts that were 
being made to re-introduce it into East Anglia. On 
behalf of Mr. E. A. Adams, Mr. Martin exhibited and 
made remarks upon a collection of Lepidoptera from the 
London Parks. Nineteen species were enumerated and 
reference was made to the efforts of the London County 
Council to establish certain butterflies in the London 
Parks and other open spaces. Dr. Williams, on behalf 
of Mr. J. E. Whiting, exhibited a very fine specimen of 
the Badger (Meles taxus, Boddcert). Mr. Martin 
exhibited a Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus, 
Linn.) from Hampstead. 
Mr. Martin then made some remarks upon the re- 
markable new mammal, the Okapi, discovered by Sir 
Harry Johnston, K.C.B., in the Semliki Forests, 
Uganda Protectorate, and pointed out that until the 
specimens that were on the way to the British Museum 
arrived, no definite conclusion could be come to as to its 
affinities, 
