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down and kill a mouse, a Moorhen eat young birds, and a 

 Great Tit make prey of birds but slightly smaller than itself. 



Evening Meeting. — December 8th, 1882. 



A paper was read by Mr. Edward Bidwell, of London, on 

 the 'Bird-Life of the Bass Eock and the Fame Islands,' 

 illustrated by numerous specimens of birds and eggs, and a 

 large number of photographs. 



Mr. J. B. Crosfield, who had paid a visit to these islands 

 recently, added some interesting particulars of his own 

 observations. 



Evening Meeting. — January 12th, 1883. 



The Chairman handed the prize of £1 to Mr. K. Peters, 

 which had been awarded to him by the Committee for his 

 collection illustrating fifty-three natural orders of plants. 



Mr. J. J. Gill exhibited a living specimen of the old Eughsh 

 Eat {Mus rattus) the property of Mr. J. W. Ashby, Eedhill. 

 Several specimens have been seen in the warehouses in Idol 

 Lane, Tower Street, London. 



Mr. John Linnell presented a copy of a List of Fossils in 

 the Cabinets of Messrs. C. Upton and S. Webb, prepared and 

 sent for presentation to the Club by the latter. The list con- 

 tains the names of the fossils arranged in their respective 

 classes, with the localities in this district where they were 

 found, and the geological formation in which they lay. 



Mr. Henry Boyle, M.A., of Clapham, read a paper on 'The 

 Sapi-olegnajh-ox,' as follows : — 



The subject upon which I propose to make a few remarks, 

 viz., the habit and growth of Saprolecjna ferox, is one which 

 is at the present day of great importance, and likely in the 

 future to be of immense interest to the people of England. 

 The newspapers are never tired of giving statistics of what 

 the price of fish should be and what it is ; the eyes of all the 

 people are turned to the fish supply as one of paramount 



