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weather prevailed, excepting by one slight shower, but the spring season 

 being so very late the trees were only just bursting forth into foliage, 

 and plant life generally had scarcely woke up from winter rest ; therefore, 

 in the important section of botany, only a few records were made. 

 Insects also had not yet found the season sufficiently congenial to leave 

 their winter resting-places. Only larval forms were recorded. 



Meeting held in the Municipal Buildings, April 28th, 1890, Edgar E. 

 Waite, F.L.S., in the chair. 



Mr, Waite presented a report on the animals seen in the Woodlesford 

 district during the excursion on Saturday. 



Twenty -eight birds were seen, of which the Tree Sparrow and the 

 Black-headed Gull (in full summer plumage) were the most notable 

 examples. The following is a complete list, five of which are summer 

 visitants : — Missel and Song Thrushes, Blackbird, Redbreast, Willow- 

 warbler, Hedge Accentor, Blue Tit, Pied and Yellow Wagtails, Meadow 

 Pipit, House and Sand Martins, Greenfinch, House and Tree Sparrows, 

 Chaffinch, Yellow Bunting, Starling, Magpie, Eook, Skylark, Mallard, 

 Ringdove, Partridge, Waterhen, Lapwing, Sandpiper, and Black-headed 

 Gull. Several nests, containing eggs, were also seen. Mammals were 

 represented by the Water Vole, Hare, and Rabbit ; amphibians by the 

 Crested and Smooth Newts, and the Common Frog ; while the Stickle- 

 back and Minnow represented the fishes. 



Mr. J. Phillips, of the microscopical party, exhibited lar\'ae of one of 

 the Dragon Flies, numerous specimens of larvse of May Flies {Ephemeridce), 

 and several dipterous larvae and pupae, notably Coretha plumicornis, or 

 the phantom larvae. 



Meeting held in the Library of the Philosophical Hall, May 5th, 1890, 

 John Stubbins, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., in the chair. 

 Exhibits : — 



Mr. William Watkins, of London, forwarded an extraordinary 

 collection of tropical African Insects, mostly Lepidoptera. Some 

 interesting notes on the capturing of these insects were given, and several 

 interesting illustrations of mimicry were pointed out. A number of 

 curious beetles were also shown. 



Mr. W. E. Collinge exhibited specimens of Hfhmrium conieum, and 

 drew the attention of the meeting to the peculiar habit these molluscs 

 possess of spinning under water gelatinous threads, by means of which 

 they suspend, raise, or lower themselves. 



Meeting held at the Medical School, May 12th, 1890, Professor de 

 Burgh Birch, M.D., CM., F.R.S.E., President, gave a lecture and 

 demonstration under the title of " Practical. Work," 



