cxiii. Proceedings. 



The following objects were exhibited : — Mr. Crowley, col- 

 lection of nests of birds, in illustration of Mr. Farn's paper; 

 Mr. McKean, Perca flnviatilis, just hatched, ten embryo 

 shells taken from one specimen of SphcEruun rivicola ; Mr. 

 Low Sargeant, Volvox glohatur, gathered early in June and 

 placed in an aquarium, where they have increased until the 

 water is green with them ; James F. Rymer, human retina ; 

 H. F. Parsons, M.D. (i) wood stained green by mycelium of 

 a fungus (Heliotiuni ccrugiiwsuin ), (2) piece of charred wood, 

 found under 8 feet of peat on Goole Moor, Yorks, relic of an 

 extensive ancient forest, mostly pine, destroyed apparently by 

 human agency, (3) portfolio of rare British plants collected in 

 1882- 1883 ; J. G. B. Brewer, a tray of fungi and lichens from 

 Addington; ]. 'E. ^yms, Chclifer caucoidcs ; A. Warner, human 

 fcetus, section through neck, stained, also a simple tray for 

 storing objects, and a list of sections prepared foi mounting 

 for students in animal histology. 



Ordinary Meeting, November i^tJi, 18S3. 

 John Berney, Esq., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected 

 members of the Club: — ^John Lloyd, J. W. Fairley, Peter 

 Paget, jun. 



The following donations were announced : — ^Journal of the 

 Royal Micro. Society ; " Science Gossip "' for November ; 

 the Address of the President of the Sutton Scientific Society ; 

 the Address of the President of the Ealing Micro, and Nat. 

 Hist. Society. 



The President announced that at the December meeting 

 Mr. Low Sargeant would read a paper upon the Photography 

 of Microscopal Objects. 



Mr. Howard Saunders, F.Z.S., then read a paper upon 

 "The Fauna of Spain." (Trans. Art. 40. j 



After a few observations by Mr. Toplev, the meeting passed 

 a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Saunders. 



The following objects were exhibited: — ^James Epps, jun. 

 (under microscope), Dasya coccinea and parasite of swallow ; 

 Mr. Low Sargeant, sna.ke (Coluber vairix), from Tunbridge 

 Wells ; K. McKean, a rare Ephemera (under microscope), 

 also shells of helix aspersa ; Edward Lovett (under micro- 

 scope), Lepfodora liyaiina (new to Britain), also a natural 

 model representing moths at sugar ; J. E. Syms, a beetle 

 [Tingis crassicornis), under microscope. 



