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club, and for some years was an active member of the 

 committee, taking great interest in the club's welfare. Of Mr. 

 Flower, one of the earliest members, and also one of their 

 ablest supporters, he found it very difficult to speak. In him 

 he (the president) felt that he had not only individually lost a 

 genial and true friend, but that the club had lost one of its 

 mainstays, and a man whose equal for energy, knowledge, and 

 perseverance, they did not often find. Although much engaged 

 in business, he devoted the whole of his leisure time to the 

 study of some branch of natural history, and was until a very 

 short period prior to his death, actively engaged in working up 

 the various particulars of interest connected with the new 

 railway cutting at Park Hill. To his research the club, and also 

 the scientific world at large, were indebted for the discovery of 

 the interesting structure of the wing of the gannet, which, as 

 he so clearly explained, was attached to the body by a sliding 

 joint, to break the force of the blow it would otherwise receive 

 when diving for its prey from such a tremendous height. To 

 him also the club were indebted for the interesting facts brought 

 before them concerning the interbreeding of the common 

 pheasant with the common fowl at Mr. Edward Wormald's, 

 and they also had the honour, through him, of being the first 

 to record the nesting of the red-breasted flycatcher in England. 

 But it was unnecessary to recapitulate all that Mr. Flower 

 had done ; all the members knew and appreciated him. Nine 

 of the papers read had been by members, viz. : — Messrs. 

 John Flower, H. E. Dresser, E. Lovett, Henry Turner, 

 Kenneth McKean, E. Bidwell, Henry Tuke Mennell, and the 

 Rev. E. M. Geldart. They had also to thank Messrs. W. T. 

 Suffolk and Henry Seebohm for their very interesting papers. 

 The excursions had been as well attended as usual. On two 

 occasions the members had to thank Mr. Horniman for a visit 

 to his museum at Forest Hill, when they much enjoyed looking 

 over his fine collection of foreign lepidoptera, ancient books, 

 china, and other interesting articles. As announced by the 

 committee, there was a sum of about £200 in hand, the 

 proceeds of the bazaar held in July, and this it was proposed 

 to devote to furnishing cases for the museum, which it was 

 hoped would soon be established, so that they could have a 

 place where local objects of interest might be deposited. The 

 reports of the sub-committees were of special interest, as 

 showing the work done by each. The occasional meetings had 

 not been quite so well attended, but arrangements were being 

 made by which one or two members would attend to assist any 

 members anxious to learn how to use the microscope, or to 

 explain any difficulties which might arise. The library had 

 been considerably enlarged by loans and gifts of works of 



