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The following Officers were elected for the ensuing year : — 

 President, Mr. W. H. Tyndall; Treasurer, Mr. J. I. Cudworfch ; 

 Secretary, Mr. A. J. Crosfield; Curator, Mr. J. Linnell; Com- 

 mittee, Messrs. J. Bonnor, T. Cooper, J. B. Crosfield, F, H. 

 Ell wood, J. Knight, E. S. Salmon, C. E. Salmon, Rev. W. 

 M. Paull. 



The President nominated Dr. Bossey as Vice-President. 



It was decided to hold three meetings at Eedhill during the 

 winter season. 



Mr. C. E. Salmon exhibited a specimen of Helvella crispa, 

 a fungus which he found in Margery Grove. 



Mr. Henry M. Wallis, of Reading, read a paper on ' The 

 Descent of Birds.' 



The paper was illustrated by a fine series of diagrams. It 

 brought very prominently forward the various links in the 

 chain of evidence which tends to support the theory that 

 birds had a reptilian ancestor. A large number of most 

 interesting facts in illustration of this were brought forward, 

 and a comparison was drawn between the Dinosaur, Iguano- 

 don, Archeopteryx, Hesperornis, and other extinct forms of 

 life. 



Evening Meeting. — Novembek 18th, 1892. 



Mr. T. Cooper exhibited living specimens in flower of three 

 species of Mesembryanthemum from the Cape. They all had 

 fleshy stems, and small pink blossoms. 



Mr. A. J. Crosfield produced a bunch of flowers gathered 

 the same day in his garden containing 41 species, including 

 amongst others Ajitga reptans, Vinca minor, Petasites fragrans, 

 Alchemilla vulgaris. Campanula rotundifolia, ^nothera bieninis, 

 Dianthus gallicus, and Allium fallax. 



Miss Home exhibited some dried plants from Switzerland, 

 and Mr. Brass exhibited some dried plants from Palestine. 



Mr. Ernest S. Salmon reported having seen on Oct. 30th, 

 a Great Grey Shrike on Walton Heath. 



