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Proceedings ... ere) ol to xvits 
On the Natural History as Hard Water, and its softening 
by Clark’s Process, by ALFRED eagle M.D., 
President oo 
On a Portion of the Trunk of a Piece. Bhceinne “ote in 5 hee 
an Iron Chain has become embedded, by Jonn FLower, 
M.A., F.Z.S. se ae a eae Fee 
First Report of the Botanical Sub- Gaauatttes 
Notes and Remarks as to a few of the more tainackable bia 
interesting of the Plants mentioned in the Botanical Sub- 
Committee’s First Report ks 
Copy of a Letter from Mr. GrorGEe CorpDEN to the Wratten 
Advertiser” as to the Storm at ee on pani 1 
23rd, 1878 ... 
Ornithological Notes, by cae Featien M. a F. Z. S., Beoeident 
Notes ona Collection of Nests of British Birds, which have been 
selected by the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus Cy for the 
Deposit of its Eggs x a =F 
On a Peculiarity, hitherto Bae ie. in the Boe eels of 
the Gannet (Sula peeeane)» by Joux soins M.A., F.Z.S., 
President ... pe 
Notes as to the Flow of ce ore the Cut Piao ape a Birch 
Tree (B. alba), by PHitip CRowLEy a re 
Diatomacez, by WILLIAM INGRAMS.. 
Winter Temperatures, observed at fe Wandle Baa: Croydon, 
by GEeorcE CorDEN 
Instance of the Voracity and Picantog. Habits of the Greil 
Black-backed Gull ig ees by JoHN ads 
M.A., F.Z.S., President . a nae oe e 
On a Hen Pheasant which bias pes the Plumage of the 
Male, by Joun Fiower, M.A., F.Z.S., President 
On the Peculiar Species of the British Fauna and aig by 
ALFRED RussEL WALLACE 
On the Preparation of Objects for the Teicncate “ E. cone 
On the Structure and Geological History of the Weald and of 
the Catchment Basin of the River aoe by Joes 
Fiowenr, M.A., F.Z.S., President Se 
On Preparing and Mounting for Exhibition ences, aa 
similar Objects, by Epwarp Lovett ... te 
A Table of the Girths, Positions, and Seated \e of 
Churchyard Yew Trees in the Eastern Half of the cee: 
of Surrey, by E. STRAKER 
On the Peculiar Shape of the Claw of the “Middle Toe of f Birds, 
by Joun Fiowenr, M.A., F.Z.S., President 
