ANNUAL EEPOET 



OF THE 



LEEDS NATURALISTS' CLUB AND SCIENTIFIC' 

 ASSOCIATION. 



1890. 



The Council, in presenting- theii- twenty-first annual report, have 

 pleasure in stating that the condition of the Society is most satis- 

 factory, and promises well for the future ; 21 new members have 

 been enrolled during the year. Your Council record with regret 

 tlie death of five members, namely :—Saml. A. Adamson, F.G.S., 

 52, Wellclose Terrace; Fredk. Akers, 34, Mabgate; John Grassham, 52, 

 Lofthouse Place; Thomas Holroyd, 6, Cavendish Road ; and Henry 

 Oxley, Weetwood. Regarding the number of members on the roll, 

 it will be one of the early duties of the new. Council to decide as to 

 the period of arrears of subscription which disqualify for member- 

 ship. Thirty-six meetings have been held during the year, not 

 including the excursions. Eleven of these on the first Monday 

 evening in the month have been held in the Library of the Leeds 

 Philosophical and Literary Society, Park Row. 

 The subjects were: — 



The President's Address on the " Human Brain." 



"Development of the Fly of Chironomus." Prof. L. C. Miall, F.L.S., 

 F.G.S. 



" Exhibition of Insecta," with short addresses. 



" Relics Found in Yorkshire Caves." Rev. Ed. Jones. 



"Exhibition of Tropical African Insects, mostly Lepidoptera. " 



" Examination of Results of Excursion to Boston Spa and District." 



" General Natural History Exhibits." 



"Exhibition of Mr. G. A. Keartland's donation of Australian Birds' 

 Skins and Eggs." 



"Some of the Possible Causes of Variation in the Shape and Colour in 

 the Eggs of Birds." H. Bendelack Hewet.son, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S. 



" Sterna and Shoulder-Girdles of Birds," with short address and exhibi- 

 tion. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S. 



The Conversazione. 



