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SECTIONAL REPORTS. 



BOTANICAL. 

 A Paper entitled "The Natural History- of the prin- 

 cipal Food Plants," was given by the Chairman of the 

 Section (Mr. J. D. Siddall), on Februarj' nth. 



A. E. GOODMAN, 

 April 29th, 1897. Secretary. 



ZOOLOGICAL. 

 Two Meetings of the Section were held on the 

 following dates : — 



Mar. nth— "Notes and Observations on the /att«(i of the District, by the 

 following Members of the Society:— Mr. Alfred O. 

 Walker, F.L.S., on Crustacea, &c. ; Dr. W. H. Dobie, 

 on Birds ; Mr. J. Arkle, on Lepidoptera ; The Curator 

 (Mr. R. Newstead), on Animal Life in the Tremeirchion 

 and Cefn Caves, &c. 



Mr. Walker read a communication from Dr. Russell 

 relating to the Zoology of the Colwyn Bay District ; and 

 also communicated many records of Marine Zoology, &c., 

 principally from the same neighbourhood. 



Dr. Henry Dobie exhibited a small collection of 

 Albino Birds, which he described ; and also gave dates of 

 the arrival of Spring Migrants. Dr. Dobie also recorded the 

 occurrence of a Corncrake, near the Estuarj- of the Dee, on 

 December 23rd, 1896 {I'idc Zoologist, February, 1897, p. 86], 

 and exhibited the specimen, which is now in the Museum 

 Collection. 



Mr. Arkle contributed notes on the re-occurrence of 

 Dcilcphila gain, Schiff, in 1886; and the unusual abundance 

 of Timandra atnataria, Lin. in 1897. 



The Curator concluded the Meeting by describing the 

 habits and structural characters of the Lesser Horse-shoe 



