MUSEUMS. 1* 



March 27th.—" The Adult, or spore-bearing Fern." 



\ course of four lectures on " The Black Tribes of the Soudan " 

 was given by the Assistant Curator of the Mayer Museum, Mr. P. 

 Entwistle, as follows: — 



0,-t. 9th. " Their Character and Distribution." 



Oct. lGtk.— " Farmers of the White Nile." 



Oct. 23rd.—" The Metal-working tribes of the Soudan." 



Oct. 30th.—" The Zandah Cannibals." 



A course of five lectures on "Animal Functions: how they are 



performed" was given by the Assistant Curator of the Derby 



Museum, Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, M.Sc. : — 



PT 0V 6th. — " Man : a Machine." 



aov. 13th.— " 'Breath, and Breathing." I. 



Nov. 20th. — " Breath and Breathing." II. 



Nov. 27th.—" The Heart and the Blood." 



Dec. 4th. — " TheDigestion of Food." 



A. DERBY MUSEUM. 



The Entrance Hall and Galleries. 



(British Collections.) 



The work of filling up the blanks in our Collection, and the 

 effective labelling of the specimens, have been continued. The 

 Collections representing the local fauna have been much studied and 

 consulted by local collectors, scholars and youths of both sexes 

 interested in Natural History. 



Zoological Department. 



(a) General. 



During the past year there has been no change in the number or 

 duties of the Staff. The work of cataloguing has been continued, 

 and during the year the Coracice and the Charadriformes among the 

 birds have been completed and published, while the Reptiles have 

 been commenced, and some considerable progress made. The 



