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Eastbourne. — Mr. F. H. Pepler. 



There were also the following private exhibitors : — 



Messrs. W. S. Lee, E. C. P. Hardy, J. Carpenter, G. 

 Stratton, J. S. Streeter, Crosfield, T. R. Duggan, E. C. North- 

 cote, W. Fox Hawes, J. How, Bring, Fage. 



In Art. — Mr. J. Chumley exhibited pen and ink drawings: 

 Messrs. Rich and Ray, water-color drawings and Chinese 

 paintings on rice paper; and Rev. E. W. Field, autographs. 



Geology was represented by the collections of fluviatile and 

 estuarine fossils, chiefly mollusca, from the new railway cut- 

 tings between Addiscombe Road and Coombe Lane, accom- 

 panied by diagrams showing the sections and strata exposed 

 in the works ; by the trilobites of Mr. H. Turner, and fossils 

 shown by Mr. Baldock. 



Entomology by the exhibits of Mr. H. Bedford Pirn, Mr. 

 W. Ingrams (leaf cutter bees), and the series illustrative of 

 the natural history of silk, shown by Mr. Lovett. 



Ornithology (in addition to the President's contributions 

 already referred to) by Mr. Footit's Bird of Paradise ; Mr. 

 Compton's and Mr. Easter's cases of Birds ; specimens of a 

 white variety of the Partridge, shown by Dr. Carpenter, Mr. 

 Rowland, and the President, which are described in the Pro- 

 ceedings ; the nest of a Red-breasted Flycatcher, shown by 

 Mr. Flower, also the subject of a notice in the Transactions. 



Botany had its attractions in the Fungi of Mr. E. B. 

 Sturge ; the Seaweeds of Mr. J. Carpenter; Mr. Owst's and 

 Mr. Owen's pressed Ferns ; and Mr. Straker's stand of dried 

 British Plants. 



In other branches of Natural History may be mentioned 

 Mr. Russell's beautiful models of Foraminifera ; Mr. Hinton's 

 and Mr. Crouch's Mollusca ; Mr. Johnson's Crayfish, &c. 



Antiquities and Curiosities were contributed as under : — 

 Mr. Maitland-Gardner, Relics of Ancient London, &c. ; Mr. 

 Curling, Prehistoric Peruvian Pottery ; Mr. Gibson, a Work 

 on the Microscope, dated 1780. 



Scientific Instruments, in addition to those already named, 

 were shown by Mr. E. Mawley (Meteorological) ; Paterson 

 and Baldock (Harmonigraph) ; and Mr. Stanley (Meteoro- 

 logical). 



Ordinary Meeting, 21st December, 1881. 

 Philip Crowley, Esq., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Mr. Isaac Stow was ballotted for and duly elected a member 

 of the club. 



The following donations were announced : — " Science 



